Brown County Legacy Archives Project

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,513
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Brown County Historical Society
Start Date
July 2010
End Date
October 2010
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Brown
Brown
Project Overview

The project addressed a long standing need for more, better organized collections storage space for the Brown County Historical Society (BCHS) .

According to the City of New Ulm's Economic Development Office, the expected cost for rental of commercial space in the vicinity of the Brown County Historical Society would be $36 per year, per square foot of floor space. The expense of renting a comparable space to increase their storage capacity as shown would cost approximately $4,680 per year. Locating a space in reasonable proximity to the existing Museum operation, with aspects of security and collection quality environmental controls or to add such changes might be impossible without a long term lease.

Using their existing collections facilities more efficiently and not over extending themselves financially appears to be the best choice for the BCHS. The plan for acquiring compressible carriages and mobile art rack screens should incur little additional outlays of cash as would new, retrofitting or rental of space options. This project will help the BCHS take the next step toward professionally and economically managing their collection storage for approximately 12 more years of acquisition at their present rate of increase.

Project Details
To provide storage that meets museum standards through purchase of compressible shelving for the BCHS's family research files and art collections storage.
Legal Citation / Subdivision
LAWS of MINNESOTA for 2009 Ch. 172, Art. 1, Subd. 4 (b), Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants
Appropriation Language

(b) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants. (i) $2,250,000 in 2010 and $4,500,000 in 2011 are appropriated for history programs and projects operated or conducted by or through local, county, regional or other historical or cultural organizations; or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Funds are to be distributed through a competitive grants process. The Minnesota Historical Society shall administer these funds using established grants mechanisms, and with assistance from the advisory committee created herein.

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,513
Other Funds Leveraged
$8,298
Project Manager
Salutation
Mr.
First Name
Bob
Last Name
Burgess
Street Address
Brown County Historical Society, 2 North Broadway
City
New Ulm
State
MN
Zip Code
56073
Administered By
Administered by
Location

345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155

Phone
651-259-3000