was the reception area. The Registry Office housed the Art Gallery, and the Museum took over the upper floors of the Jail and link. However, all too soon, the growing collections were taking over, so ‘New Age’ storage methods were installed in an addition on the east side, where the jail yard had been, and that helped for a while. Soon the Directors were eyeing the second County Building, which had been used in the intervening years by Brampton Hydro but was now empty. Overtures were made to Regional Council and eventually tenders were taken for expansion into those buildings, and the latest expansion started. This time the architect was Christopher Borgal of Goldsmith and Borgal Company Ltd. They designed the amazing new spaces. There is even an underground passageway to link the buildings, primarily so that the numerous school groups don’t have to dress and undress, particularly in winter, to move between buildings. (Every mother knows how long that can take.) It should be mentioned here that the old Court House is still occasionally used as an overflow from the third Peel Court House on Hurontario south of Steeles. By the time you read this, the last phase of your Art Gallery, Museum and Archive complex will be completed and opened. Although generous Government grants aided in the restoration and renovations of this dynamic group of buildings, please don’t forget it is your complex, supported by your Regional taxes, and an outstanding example of adaptive use—a place to be proud of. Please visit all the collections and exhibits at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archive soon. 9 Wellington Street, Brampton Ontario. www.pama.peelregion.ca
Heather Ghey Broadbent has been a member of the facility since 1974. She is a past President of the Peel County Historical Society, was a Director and Chair of the Board of Management, Chair of the Art Gallery Committee during the late 1970s & 80s, and is presently a member of the Archive Committee.
SPRING 2013 CALEDON LIVING
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