Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Bruck Museum
The large house is built in 1874 as a branch of the Eastern Townships Bank, which was headquartered in Sherbrooke. It is also the residence of its manager, […]
The pool table is an important feature of the Bruck Mills Recreation Club, which is made available to employees and managers of the company. Marks of the pool […]
Eugenie Sharp Lee co-founded the Cowansville Art Center with Gerald L. Bruck in 1956 and served as its president until 1968. Her interest in the arts and her […]
Exhibition opening at the Cowansville Art Center in October 1968, when Ms. Lee steps down as president. From left to right on the picture: Geoff Watkins, new Chair […]
Portrait of Marguerite Valois-Maddocks by Geoff Watkins. Better known as Margot Maddocks, she served as president of the Cowansville Art Centre from 1971 to 1977, the longest term […]
The Bruck Museum, located at 225 rue Principale in Cowansville, is also a stop on the Chemin des Cantons. Halfway between Montreal and Sherbrooke, it welcomes visitors from […]
Former Bruck Mills workers were invited to attend a reunion hosted by the Bruck Museum in December 2017. Here are some quotes from interviews with some former employees: […]
Poster announcing the reunion of former Bruck Mills workers to invite them to participate in the memory collection undertaken by the Bruck Museum. The reunion made it possible […]
Régina Lapointe, 101 years old at the time of the reunion of the former workers of the Bruck, exchanges stories of the past with a guest. Employed from […]
Gerald H. Thomas, former Bruck Mills worker and finance director, looks at archival photos during the filmed interview of his testimonial. The donation of his archives is a […]
Ralph Maddocks, former manager of Bruck Mills and right-hand man of Gerald Bruck, during a filmed interview with Michel Racicot (right), president of the Cowansville Historical Society. Appointed […]
Since 2017, a new showcase introducing contemporary textile art has been added to the Bruck Museum’s programming in order to highlight its historical link with Cowansville’s textile heritage. […]
