Minnesota's Historic Northwest: Design, Fabrication, and Installation of Fur Trade Traveling Exhibit
To hire qualified consultants to develop a traveling exhibit on the fur trade in northwest Minnesota.
The Minnesota’s Historic Northwest group was granted funding for the construction of a 15-piece traveling exhibit, with each piece telling a different story from Minnesota’s fur-trading past. This project was a culmination of previous grant projects, which encompassed the research and writing of the exhibit.
The Historic Northwest group hopes to tell the story of historic Minnesota’s most important economic driver to a public that they say knows little about it-- having not heard from county historical societies, given that the fur trade’s heyday came and went before many counties and their historical societies were established. This will help to advance the group’s mission to “discover and disseminate [local] history,” as well as providing the public with a better understanding of their heritage.
Available upon request. Contact grants@mnhs.org
Available upon request. Contact grants@mnhs.org