sponsorship opportunities 2007
exhibitions
Jerseymen in Canada; Chasing the Cod
Temporary Exhibition Gallery, Jersey Museum, 4 April to 10 November
Intrepid Jerseymen first crossed the Atlantic four centuries ago to make their fortunes fishing for cod in the Grand Banks off the coast of Newfoundland. Jerseymen in Canada tells the story of those Islanders who plied their trade in the small promontory and sheltered harbour of Pointe Ste Pierre, first as fishermen and then as traders and carriers. Thousands of miles from their Island roots these ex-pats lived lifestyles little different to domestic and commercial life in Jersey, even sending their children home to be educated and exporting their furniture and clothing to Canada. The monopoly system they developed became their downfall as fortunes made from Cod Trade were wiped out by banking scandals in Jersey in the late 19 th century.
Cookery and tasting, Taste of Cod Day Tuesday 24 April.
A chance to sample different cod recipes.
Associated talks Tuesdays at 1 pm in the Museum lecture theatre:
Cod Fishing by Doug Ford – 1 May
The Jersey Families of Point St Pierre by Jane Edwards – 8 May
The Jersey House in Gasp é by Marian Kirkbride – 15 May
The Portuguese and French Dimension by Doug Ford – 22 May.
Sponsorship value: £20,000
A Life’s Work A Store
Maritime Museum opens 24 May
Selected objects from maritime collector and Jersey resident Tony Titterington’s extensive collection of salvage, retrieved over a lifetime from Channel Islands waters . They include a torpedo, propeller and shaft from PT 509 American motor torpedo boat, an astonishingly restored 88mm deck gun and sonar from a German armed trawler as well as items ranging from the ship's bell to bronze cannon from The Determinée, a British Man of War, wrecked off Noirmont 200 years ago.
Sponsorship value: £5,000
For further information please contact
Paula Thelwell
Head of Business Development
Telephone: 633315
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