All Projects

To provide appropriate storage materials for an archival collection.

To microfilm 50 years of Mower County newspapers to make primary records more accessible to the public.

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

To hire qualified professionals to rehabilitate the Crow Wing County museum and library building, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To preserve the 1915 one room schoolhouse on the Redwood County fairgrounds by repairing windows, doors, stucco exterior, and replacement of the cupola on the roof.

Indigenous people have always used stories to preserve and teach culture to each succeeding generation. Through this project, the Minnesota Historical Society will collect, record and interpret stories specific to the Jeffers Petroglyphs site.

The stories from tribal elders will be recorded and transcribed in their native language as well as in English, culminating in written interpretations that will be made available to a wide audience of scholars, students and the general public.

In phase two of this project, stories relating to the Jeffers Petroglyphs historic site told by Dakota elders will be transcribed, translated and made available to students, teachers and the general public. In phase one, the Minnesota Historical Society collected, recorded and interpreted the stories. The stories will be made accessible in Dakota and in English via the internet, DVD and also at Jeffers Petroglyphs. This project helps preserve and teach Dakota language and culture.

To create a permanent, outdoor historical art sculpture, and honor the legacy of female contributors to agriculture in a new venue, "Women in Agriculture Day."

To produce display panels of the history of Nicollet County Fair. This project includes partnerships with the Nicollet County Historical Society, the 4-H extension staff, the fair board, and community members.

To digitize a collection of oral history video recordings, allowing for greater public access to this historic resource.

To provide appropriate storage materials for historic collections items at the Cathedral of Saint Paul.

To document in 10-20 oral history interviews the generational knowledge about treaties from Dakota first language speakers and heritage language learners.

To digitize a collection of slides, photographs, and playbills, allowing for greater public access to these historic resources.

To contract with qualified professionals to prepare construction documents for the preservation of Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Mission Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire qualified professionals to replace the roof and do additional restoration on the City of Brainerd Water Tower, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire qualified conservators and structural engineers to restore a significant wall mural in the museum's collections.