All Projects

To hire a qualified museum consultant to conduct a general preservation needs assessment survey and long range collections preservation plan.

To hire a qualified museum lighting professional to develop a museum lighting plan.

Recognizing the importance of reaching K- 12 students, as well as their parents and teachers, much of the Minnesota Historical Society's web site is specifically aimed at these groups. While the existing web site is widely used, it has become unwieldy and difficult for the intended audiences to explore and engage with the Society's plethora of content and services.

An interpretive exhibit, "Hmong History Through Textile", was created to show the relationship between Hmong history and the changing styles of traditional clothing and the "story cloth". Paj ntaub (flower cloth) is a form of textile artwork used to decorate women's skirts, men's collars and story cloths. The design of tradtional Hmong clothing identifies its wearer by familial, political, cultural and geographical connections.

To hire qualified professionals to stabilize building elements on Central Presbyterian Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire qualified professionals to do restoration and repairs on the George Stoppel Farmstead, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire qualified professionals to complete exterior repairs on the Central Presbyterian Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire qualified professionals to replace the roof, repair the bell tower and associated elements on the Elysian Public School, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To provide better organization of the archival materials, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

To provide appropriate storage materials for museum collections.

To improve collections care and management through proper storage.

In 2008, the Hennepin Medical History Center receivedapproximately 1,700 prints and negatives from the Hennepin County Medical Center's public relations department. Since their transfer, the images have been housed in standard file folders, photo lab envelopes, and banker boxes that rest on the floor of a workroom.

To rehouse a collection of historic photographs in order to better preserve them.

To provide appropriate storage materials for rolled textiles in the museum's collections.

To improve the library collection's care and management through proper storage.

Inert museum storage was created for the ethnographically and historically significant Helbing Collection of American Indian Arts and Crafts as recommended in a museum assessment.

To provide appropriate storage materials for museum collections.