Phase 3 Exhibit Production: "Peter, Ola, and Per; A Creative Heritage"
To hire qualified consultants to develop and install an exhibit on Minnesota author and artist Peter Rosendahl's comic strip "Han Ola og han Per."
The grant helped fund the production and installation of an exhibit on the life and work of Peter Rosendahl, particularly the significance, value, and impact of his Norwegian-American comic strip "Han Ola og han Per."
This was the last of three grants to produce the exhibit. In 2018, they received a grant to hire a researcher to look into the history of local author and artist, Peter Rosendahl, and the significance of his comic strip. In 2020, they received a grant to develop an exhibit plan on this topic. The completed work included an exhibit schematic plan, text draft, and graphic design concepts.
As a central part of their museum, this will be a permanent exhibit (lasting more than five years). The research files gathered while researching the exhibit will continue to be in their collection archives for future historians.
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$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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