Exhibit Gallery Lighting Installation
To hire qualified technicians to upgrade Winona County Historical Society's exhibit lighting system.
$6,451,000 the first year and $7,035,000 the second year 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
Our exhibit visitor experience we elevated greatly by the installation of new lighting. One visitor noted, "Wow! I can see! I don't have to use my cell phone flashlight to illuminate the exhibits and texts?..Thank you for the wonderful new lighting in the Museum." This experience is a vast improvement!
Our light meter readings show that the dimmers are an important and useful part of meeting museum standards for lighting levels. We have the dimmers set nearly exactly to the settings that our lighting designer predicted with a bit more dimming on the tracks with less distance from objects. Our stained glass windows at the eastern end of the space also lets more light in and the tracks along that wall are dimmed a bit more. I have attached a document that shows the range in foot candles and each of the dimmer settings.
Our curator of collections will continue to monitor the levels and the preservation of the artifacts on display. Additionally our visitor services staff and volunteers will seek visitor comment and input when necessary.
The Museum lighting designer was the main reason we achieved our goal along with our local electrical contractor.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org