Statewide History Partnership Projects

For fiscal year 2012, the state legislature appropriated $1.5 million in Arts and Cultural Heritage funds to the Minnesota Historical Society for "...partnerships involving multiple organizations, which may include the Minnesota Historical Society, to preserve and enhance access to Minnesota's history and cultural heritage in all regions of the state."

This funding has resulted in partnerships between the Minnesota Historical Society and more than a dozen other organizations and will also result in partnerships among other history-minded groups outside of the Society.

These history partnerships will help extend the reach of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund across the state. 2012 statewide partnership projects include:

MHS PARTNERSHIPS (PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS)

• Asian-American Oral History Project- Council of Asian Pacific Americans
• Chicano-Latino Oral History Project--Chicano Latino Affairs Council
• Online Teacher Professional Development--Minnesota Humanities Center
• Building Financial Capacity in Local Organizations- Metropolitan State University, Access Philanthropy
• 1968 History Theatre Performances-History Theatre
• Geo-tagging of Historical Collections- Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
• University of Minnesota Archaeology Collection--University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• Minnesota Main Street Program--Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, Department of Employment and Economic Development, University of Minnesota Extension Center for Community Vitality, University of Minnesota Tourism Center, Minnesota Design Team.
• History Museum Fellows Program--University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• Library Outreach Programs--Minnesota Regional Library System
• Local History Education Outreach--Southwest Minnesota State University
• American Indian Summer Seminar--Minnesota Humanities Center and Tribal Colleges
• Building on the Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps- Conservation Corps of Minnesota
• Neighborhood Leadership Program--Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
• Minnesota History Day and Programming at the State Fair--State Fair Foundation
• University of Minnesota Archaeology Collection-University of Minnesota

EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS (PARTNERSHIPS AMONG OTHER HISTORY ORGANIZATIONS)

• Carleton College and Veblen Farmstead, Veblen Farmstead: Hay Barn Stabilization and Preservation
• Old Highland Neighborhood Association and Preserve Minneapolis, Homeowner Restoration Workshops
• Macalester College and Carleton College, Environmental History Conference
• Public Art Saint Paul and the City of Saint Paul, Johann Friedrich von Schiller Sculpture: Restoration and Preservation