Establish Collection Management System
To improve collections care and management through an updated collections management system and pilot inventory project.
To improve collections care and management through an updated collections management system and pilot inventory project.
$5,846,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $7,004,000 in fiscal year 2021 are for statewide historic and cultural grants to local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Money must be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer the money using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Available upon request. Contact, grants@mnhs.org
Short Term - Exceeded Computers purchased, installed and being used (we had no functions one prior), Pilot inventory done and uploaded into access
Intermediate - Exceeded as it took a lot of volunteer support time (60+ hours) to clean, organize, count collection to determine actual number of artifacts allowing development of an accurate inventory plan. We have also taken in 5 new artifacts of high value and are using best practices to ascension those items in.
Long Term - Achieved but more work to be done, have been successful in "marketing" the museum as the historical repository for Minnesota fire history.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org