All Projects

Acquire Microfilm Reader/Printer

Recipient

Hibbing Public Library

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To enable public access to primary records through a new microfilm reader/printer.

Acquire Microfilm Reader/Printer/Scanner

Recipient

Stearns History Museum and Research Center

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To enable public access to primary records through a new microfilm reader/printer/scanner.

Acquisition of Microfilm Reader/Printer ScanPro 2000

Recipient

Nobles County Library

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide greater accessibility to, and use of, the Nobles County Library's microfilm research collection.

Acquisition of Microfilm Reader/Printer

Recipient

City of Canby

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,385

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to broaden public accessibility to microfilmed records.

Acquisition of Mower County Newspapers on Microfilm - Phase 2

Recipient

Mower County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,934

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 122 rolls of microfilmed newspapers to broaden public accessibility to primary records.

ADA Accessibility - Bathrooms & Entry Door

Recipient

Grant County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$29,215

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To enable greater public access to Grant County history through installation of restrooms that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

African American and Jewish Oral Histories

Recipient

African American Registry

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 6 interviews an inter-racial, cross-cultural oral history of Black and Jewish residents of Minneapolis.

Aitkin County Shipwrecks Project

Recipient

Maritime Heritage Minnesota

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,988

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To evaluate three shipwrecks for potential inclusion as a district on the National Register of Historic Places.

Aitkin County School Research

Recipient

Aitkin County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To take research materials and develop into a manuscript on the history of Aitkin County schools.

Aitkin Iron Furnace Ruins Geophysical Survey

Recipient

Aitkin County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,325

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified consultants to evaluate the eligibility of archaeological ruins for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.

Akerlund Studio Glass Plate Negative Scanning, Phase IV

Recipient

Cokato Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To scan and digitize 1,400 significant glass plate negatives from the Gust Akerlund Studio collection.

Akerlund Glass Plate Scanning, Phase VII

Recipient

Cokato Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To digitize part of a large collection of glass plate negatives in order to broaden public accessibility.

Alex Seitaniemi Barn: Restoration Phase 2

Recipient

Sisu Heritage Inc.

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$100,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To stabilize 10 structural elements on the Alex Seitaniemi Barn, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and used as a cultural attraction.

Alex Seitaniemi Housebarn: Restoration Phase 3

Recipient

Sisu Heritage Inc.

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$142,259

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To stabilize, repair, and restore log components on the Alex Seitaniemi Housebarn, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, preparatory to implementation of interpretative programming for the public.

Alexander Faribault House Condition Assessment

Recipient

Rice County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified professional to conduct a condition assessment of the Alexander Faribault House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Alexandria's Historic Context Study

Recipient

City of Alexandria

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To draft a Historic Context Study and integrate the study with the city's comprehensive plan.

Along the Corridor: An Oral History of University Avenue Business Owners Navigating Change

Recipient

Twin Cities Media Alliance

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,440

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 10 interviews the history of immigrant businesses along University Avenue in St. Paul

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Wright County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,373

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.

American Indian Movement Interpretive Center Collections Development: Establishing the Collection

Recipient

Heart of the Earth, Inc.

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$39,706

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To unify, appraise, and arrange 1,000 lineal feet of historical records of the American Indian Movement under the direction of a qualified archivist.

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Mower County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Scott County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Carver County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Olmsted County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Clearwater County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send one person to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Minnesota Discovery Center

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Stearns History Museum and Research Center

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,867

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Dakota County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Anoka County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$870

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Becker County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,927

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis

American Indian Exhibition Research and Planning

Recipient

Olmsted County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,997

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to develop an exhibit on the history of the American Indian in Olmsted County.

Amos B. Coe House: Minnesota African American Museum & Cultural Center HVAC Upgrade

Recipient

Minnesota African American Museum & Cultural Center

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$155,250

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To design and install climate control that meets museum standards in order to better preserve collections that document African American history in Minnesota.

Andrew J. Volstead House Foundation Repair/Replacement Professional Estimate

Recipient

City of Granite Falls

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To assess the structural support system of the Andrew J. Volstead House Museum, a National Historic Landmark.

Andrew Peterson Farmstead: Barn Foundation Restoration

Recipient

Carver County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$27,140

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To restore and stabilize the foundation of the Andrew Peterson Farmstead Barn, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, to be eventually reused as a public park facility.

Andrew John Volstead House Museum Foundation Stabilization and Restoration

Recipient

City of Granite Falls

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$153,990

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To complete stabilization and rehabilitation of the masonry foundation and footings of the Andrew J. Volstead House, a National Historic Landmark, and used as a community reception space.