To acquire professional services to prepare an interpretive plan for public access to history and cultural heritage along 17 miles of the Mississippi River
The Saint Paul Police Women’s Oral History Project documents the history and culture of this unique, 156 year-old metropolitan department, through oral history interviews of current and former officers. The interviews are produced in audio /compact disc and/or print format. The goals of the project are for inspiration and understanding of sister officers; academic evaluation and learning; historic preservation; and to increase public appreciation and understanding of the challenges of the female officers who serve the Saint Paul citizenry.
The Saint Paul Police Oral History Project (Phase Five) documents the history and culture of this unique 157 year-old metropolitan department and explore the important contributions of public service the men and women officers make to our Capital City of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
To hire a qualified historian to conduct a conditions assessment of St. Stefan Romanian Orthodox Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
To hire qualified professionals to complete plans and prep for the Sandstone Public School Building, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Somali community in Rochester, MN, is one of the most connected cultural groups in the region.
Our project hopes to untangle the rich culture that is often hidden from the public sphere in Rochester,
Unity begins with knowing your neighbors. MN. Through the Humanities Center's Cultural Grant, we will
implement a program to inform and teach our fellow neighbors about the Somali culture. Our platform will be based on speakers, multimedia, tv
programming, and print.
Curated by Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, The Manual will contain ruminations from 9 Southeast Asian artists exploring themes like refugee identity formations, healing, trauma, (re)imaginings, cultural preservation, manifesting new identities, and decolonization. The Manual will combine short films and interactive elements like quizzes, reflective and creative writing prompts, poems, comics, tongue-in-cheek astrological readings, a map on how to find “home,” coloring pages, infographics, etc.
The Swift County Fair will partner with the Milan Village Arts School to promote Scandinavian arts during the fair. All classes and demonstrations will be free to the public. Instructors will feature antler carving, silver work, tole painting, woodworking, and textile dyeing.
To sensitively rehabilitate Scanlan Hall, a contributing feature of the Lanesboro Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places, with Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access to the Lanesboro Art Center
MNHS cares for more than 100,000 cubic feet of hard-copy government records and manuscript collections dating from the territorial period to the present. To access the vast majority of these holdings, researchers must currently visit the History Center or make other special arrangements. In FY16, MNHS began piloting small projects to develop and test workflow and to identify and plan equipment and space needs. In FY17, MNHS will add staff to begin responding to patron requests for manuscript and state archives digitization in advance of a full rollout of the scan-on-demand process next year.
MNHS has in its care over 100,000 cubic feet of hard-copy government records and manuscript collections dating from the territorial period to the present. To access the vast majority of these holdings, researchers must currently visit the History Center or make other special arrangements. In FY16, MNHS is piloting a unique "scan on demand" service for researchers that will allow them to request, either online or in person, the digitization of specific materials with the resulting images being put online for wide public access.
To hire a qualified and experienced historian to prepare a Historic Structure Report that will guide future preservation projects on the Schmid Farmstead Ruins, determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places
