All Projects

EMERGENCY: Freeze-drying water-damaged collections

Recipient

Isanti County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

To freeze dry water damaged collections, otherwise conserve items and plan for storage of the overall ICHS collection items that we were able to salvage from this devastating fire.

End-o-Line Railroad Park & Museum Inventory Grant

Recipient

Murray County

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$27,612

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To begin the inventory of collections at the End-O-Line Railroad Park based on recommendations from a Museum Assessment Program evaluation.

Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration Design Documents

Recipient

City of Belle Plaine

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to develop design guidelines that will help with the restoration of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Evaluation to Determine Eligibility for National Register

Recipient

Bloomington Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to evaluate the Bloomington Municipal Cemetery for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places

Evaluate HVAC System in Museum

Recipient

Clearwater County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,800

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified and experienced HVAC engineer to evaluate current system preparatory to better control of the Clearwater County History Museum environment

Evaluation of Building Mechanical Systems (HVAC)

Recipient

Wadena County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,400

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified and experienced HVAC engineer to evaluate the current system preparatory to better control of the Wadena County Historical Society museum environment.

Evaluation of Upgraded Weyerhaeuser Museum Mechanical System (HVAC)

Recipient

Morrison County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide an engineering assessment of the museum's environmental systems.

Evaluation of Air Conditioning/Ventilation System and Monitoring System

Recipient

Pine County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hired a qualified professional to perform an evaluation of the museum's HVAC system.

Exhibit: Minnesota Aviation Innovators, 1910-1945

Recipient

Minnesota Air National Guard Historical Foundation

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,830

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To create a traveling exhibit that will explore the roots of Minnesota's aviation industry.

Exhibit Lighting Evaluation and Redesign

Recipient

Clearwater County Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,375

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

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

Exhibit Plan: 3M and Maplewood

Recipient

Maplewood Area Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan for an exhibit exploring the relationship between 3M and Maplewood.

Exhibit Production: Settling Spring Grove

Recipient

Giants of the Earth Heritage Center

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire consultants to develop and install an exhibit on the founding of two communities in Houston County.

Expansion of Minneapolis Historic Walking and Biking Tours

Recipient

Preserve Minneapolis

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,645

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To revise and expand existing walking and bicycle tours with eight additional tours of historic resources.

Expansion of Downtown National Register District

Recipient

City of Faribault

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To expand the downtown Faribault National Register Historic District by adding eligible properties.

Farming Industry - Phase II

Recipient

Swift County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,321

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document current farming practices and gather resources suggested in the oral history conducted in Phase I.

Farmamerica Collections Management Policy and Procedures

Recipient

Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified professional to develop a set of collections management policies and procedures.

Farmer-Labor History Resource and Outreach Project

Recipient

Farmer Labor Education Committee

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,760

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to compile a resource guide on the history of the Farmer Labor Party.

Federal Courthouse and Post Office (Rourke Art Museum) Historic Structure Report

Recipient

Rourke Art Gallery Museum

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$50,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire an architect to write a Historic Structure Report to guide future restoration of the 1915 Federal Courthouse and Post Office, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, now the Rourke Art Museum.

Final Cataloging and Partial Rehousing

Recipient

Afton Historical Society and Museum

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,944

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust.

Fire Salvaged Archives: Processing

Recipient

Isanti County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,570

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To clean, catalog and file fire-damaged materials to enhance public access to Isanti County history.

Fire Station History Exhibit Plan

Recipient

City of Stillwater (Fire Department)

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to write an

Firefighters Hall and Museum Interpretive Plan

Recipient

Firefighter's Hall and Museum

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To draft and implement a comprehensive interpretive plan

Food Preservation Interpretive Plan

Recipient

Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To develop a historically accurate interpretive plan for food preservation in rural Minnesota.

Fort Snelling Upper Post Building 55 Reroofing - Historical Materials

Recipient

Hennepin County

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$250,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to replace the roof on Building 55 at Fort Snelling, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Frantic 7 for an American audience

Recipient

Sister City International, Columbia Heights

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To translate into English from Polish the story of World War II Minneapolis serviceman Walter Shimshock (Szymczak).

From Exile to Resettlement: Oral History of the Bhutanese in Minnesota

Recipient

Hennepin History Museum

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 10 interviews the history of Bhutanese refugees in Minnesota.

Funding for a Long Range Conservation Plan for a Collection of Fine Art

Recipient

Minnesota State Community & Technical College

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,696

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire professional conservators to assess historically significant collections and write a long range preservation plan.

Furnace Replacement

Recipient

Ann Bickle Heritage House

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,200

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To replace the poorly-functioning furnace in the Ann Bickle Heritage House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

G.A.R Hall Masonry Restoration

Recipient

City of Litchfield

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$124,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to repair masonry on the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Hall, now part of the Meeker County Historical Society's museum facilities, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Gather Resources for Publication of Twenty Years of History and Achievements of CAAPAM

Recipient

Chinese American Academic and Professional Association in MN

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To gather records of the organization on the occasion of its 20th anniversary meeting

General Preservation Assessment Survey

Recipient

St. Louis Park Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,364

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire professional conservators to assess historically significant collections and write a long range preservation plan

General Conservation Assessment and Long-Range Preservation Plan

Recipient

Winona State University

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,186

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To conduct a general survey of the university collections; assess interior environments, policies and procedures for the use and care of collections; and produce a long-range preservation plan.

General Preservation Needs Assessment at SJU

Recipient

Saint John's Abbey & University

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,046

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To undertake a general preservation needs assessment of library collections at Saint John's University.

General Archives Data Entry Improvement

Recipient

Northfield Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,735

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To gain intellectual and physical control of archival materials held in public trust.

General Collections Needs Assessment Survey

Recipient

Hennepin County Library

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,100

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire professional conservators to assess historically significant collections and write a long range preservation plan.

General Conservation Assessment and Long-Range Preservation Plan

Recipient

Westminster Presbyterian Church

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,158

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire professional conservators to assess historically significant collections and write a long range preservation plan.

General Preservation Assessment Survey

Recipient

Concordia University (Library)

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,285

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified professional to conduct a preservation assessment survey of an art collection.

General Conservation Assessment and Long Range Plan

Recipient

Eden Prairie Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,341

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire professional conservators to assess historically significant collections and write a long range preservation plan.

General Preservation Assessment Survey

Recipient

Cathedral Heritage Foundation

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,152

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified museum professional to conduct a preservation assessment survey on works of art in the Cathedral's collections.

Geophysical and Archaeological Evaluation of Fort Juelson, Otter Tail County

Recipient

Otter Tail County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$21,947

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To conduct a geophysical and archaeological evaluation of Fort Juelson, resulting in completion of a Minnesota state site form and National Register nomination.

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