All Projects

To hire qualified professionals to restore building features on Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To design, produce, and install a historical marker at Resurrection Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To provide better organization of Rethos' archival collections, allowing for greater public access to their preservation history resources.

A year-long series of gatherings in Rondo's community garden provides space to share cultural memory, empowering Rondo residents to imagine new futures through place-based revitalization in line with Rondo's racial and community histories. Gatherings foster dialogue, record and honor the past, and imagine new futures through art, learning and healing in green space. Together, we will build a future that is centered on Black land, liberation and self-determination.

To construct the Arts and Cultural Celebration Center at the Rice County fairgrounds. This heated, year round and handicap accessible building with ADA bathrooms and presentation stage will be home to arts presentations by regional individuals and performances by county arts and theater organizations.

To build several large World War II displays in order to educate youth on military history.

To engage children in various activities by providing marionette shows to teach the history of marionettes, and a spelling bee.

To design, produce, and install interpretive signs for the Riley-Jacques Farmstead.

To document in 10-15 oral history interviews the history of the Minnesota Ombudsman for Corrections.

On May 20,1863 in St Louis, Missouri the Union Army Special Agent of Contrabands sent 218 African Descendant persons to Ft Snelling on the Steamboat Davenport. The Steamboat Northerner towed a raft to Ft Snelling arriving on May 5, 1863. This project seeks to document the resettlement at Ft Snelling and how this group and Black Civil War Veterans changed the course of history in Minnesota by succeeding in amending the state Constitution to grant citizenship to African American men in 1869.

To hire a consultant to complete a publicly available, digital-audio tour of the city's historically significant Mississippi River built environment based on recommendations in a Community Education and Marketing Plan.

To hire professionals to assess and write a collections plan for a historically significant collection, which will allow greater public access to this resource.

1.) Train approximately 42 teachers in directions, numbers, greetings, thank yous, object and place names in either Ojibwe or Dakota 2.) Host three Language Celebrations for all teacher participants, their families and students, with Indigenous foods and cultural activities 3.) Provide teachers with a stipend and gift upon completion of the year-long curriculum

To compile a comprehensive baseline inventory that can be integrated in planning.

To hire a qualified consultant to write a context study for the Rochester State Hospital.

To restore Rock County Fair's Floral Hall. Built in 1911 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Rock County Fair will restore its interior. Funding will not only preserve this historic building, but also create an enhanced space to showcase regional artwork.

To provide an outdoor performance and demonstration space in the highest traffic area of the fairgrounds, which is located between the 4-H Exhibit, Open Class Exhibit, and the Rock County Historical Society Exhibits buildings. The fair plans to hold Dutch Oven cooking demonstrations, Buffalo Days celebrations, and dance performances in this area.

To hire a qualified historian to complete the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the 1895 District 3 Rollag School House, Hawley, MN.