Increasing Access to Historical Healthcare Artifacts
To provide better organization of the museum collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.
The Wangensteen Historical Library at the University of Minnesota holds 73,000 books and over 8,000 artifacts related to health and medicine, primarily from 1800 to 1980. Grant funds enhanced access to 2,066 health-related artifacts by improving their metadata and photographing them for the UMedia repository. Additionally, 3D models of 56 artifacts were created, allowing users to explore these objects digitally while protecting their physical integrity, thereby supporting research and preserving the collection. View 3D artifacts »
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For more information about Advisory Group Members and conflicts of interest disclosures, please contact: Carolyn Veeser-Egbide Grants Manager Minnesota Historical Society 651-259-3469 carolyn.veeser-egbide@mnhs.org
$5,982,000 the first year and $7,000,000 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).
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Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org