All Projects

Exhibit Plan: 3M and Maplewood

Recipient

Maplewood Area Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

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.

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.

Feasibility Study

Recipient

Northern Bedrock Conservation Corps

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historical architect to assess reuse of the Halfway Ranger Station, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Feasibility Study for Rehabilitation of Historic City Hall Building, 2nd Floor

Recipient

City of Howard Lake

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,560

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to write a feasibility study for Howard Lake City Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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.

Fillebrown House Exterior Restoration Project

Recipient

White Bear Lake Area Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To restore siding on the Charles P. Noyes Cottage (Fillebrown House), which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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 Collections Assessment Survey

Recipient

Western Hennepin County Pioneers Association

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,277

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified professional to assess museum collections and articulate a long range plan for future preservation.

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.

Geophysical and Archaeological Assessment of the PIIC Burial Mound Group

Recipient

Prairie Island Indian Community (PIIC)

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to conduct an archaeological survey of burial mound groups on the PIIC reservation.

George Gardner House: Exterior Conditions Assessment

Recipient

Germanic-American Institute

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a historical architect to conduct a conditions assessment of the George Gardner House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and currently in use by the Germanic-American Institute.

George Stoppel Farmstead: Historic Structures Report

Recipient

Olmsted County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$27,300

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To contract with qualified professionals to prepare a Historic Structure Report for the George Stoppel Farmstead, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, now used as an open air museum.