All Projects

Milwaukee Elevator: Reconstruction of Additions

Recipient

Preston Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$25,103

Fund Source

To contract with qualified professionals to prepare construction documents for the reconstruction of missing historic features on the Milwaukee Elevator, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and used as a trailhead facility.

Milwaukee Road Heritage Center Interpretive Plan

Recipient

Milwaukee Road Heritage Center

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,790

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to write an interpretive plan for the Milwaukee Road Heritage Center.

Minneapolis North Side Tornado Oral History Project

Recipient

Grassroots Culture

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,645

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To conduct 12 oral history interviews with residents of Minneapolis' North Side on the effects of the 2011 tornado.

Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery: Fence Restoration Project, Phase IV

Recipient

City of Minneapolis

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$150,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To restore the historic steel and limestone fence that lines the cemetery on Cedar Avenue and Lake Street.

Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch: Roof Replacement

Recipient

Emerge Community Development

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$82,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To replace the roof and install insulation for the Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and now used as a career and technology center.

Minnesota Festival Support

Recipient

International Festival of Burnsville

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Minnesota Festival Support

Minnesota State Fair Archives

Recipient

Minnesota State Fair Foundation

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,780

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To conduct a general preservation assessment survey of the Minnesota State Fair archival materials and artifacts in the public history museum.

Minnesota's Civic Legacy Banner Exhibit

Recipient

Preservation Alliance of Minnesota

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,850

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To create a traveling exhibit that will document and explain recent municipal preservation successes.

Minnesota History Bookshelf

Recipient

Ivanhoe Public Library

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$520

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 28 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility

Minnesota Historic Preservation Bookshelf

Recipient

Ivanhoe Public Library

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$175

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 9 standard Minnesota historic preservation titles to broaden public accessibility

Minnesota History Bookshelf

Recipient

Aitkin County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,132

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 43 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility.

Minnesota Discovery Center Object Collection Inventory

Recipient

Minnesota Discovery Center

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To gain physical and intellectual control of approximately 2000 artifacts using PastPerfect software.

Minnesota Civil War Commemorative Task Force Website

Recipient

Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State (Civil War Commemoration Task Force)

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To enable public access through a website on the Minnesota Civil War Sesquicentennial.

Minnesota Main Street Program 2011-2012

Recipient

Preservation Alliance of Minnesota

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$125,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

The Minnesota Main Street’s statewide coordinating program provides participating local Main Street organizations with training, tools, information, and networking.

Minnesota History Bookshelf

Recipient

Minnesota Genealogical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$638

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 27 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility.

Minnesota On the Air

Recipient

Regents of the University of Minnesota (U of M Libraries)

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$55,319

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To gain intellectual and physical control of archival materials held in public trust.

Minnesota Discovery Center's General Assessment and Long-Range Plan

Recipient

Minnesota Discovery Center

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,883

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire professional conservators to assess historically significant collections and write a long range preservation plan.

Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum Interpretive Plan

Recipient

Minnesota Lakes Maritime Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$49,848

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To complete an interpretive plan for the museum in order to better serve the public by increasing access to the history of lakes recreation.

Minnesota Museum Bookshelf

Recipient

Clearwater County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,800

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 49 standard Minnesota museum administration titles to broaden public accessibility.

Minnesota Historic Preservation Bookshelf Starter Kit

Recipient

City of Pipestone

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$830

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 47 standard Minnesota historic preservation titles to broaden public accessibility.

Minnesota History Bookshelf

Recipient

Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$466

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 19 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility.

Minnesota Museum Bookshelf

Recipient

Mahnomen County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,555

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 44 standard Minnesota museum administration titles to broaden staff development.

Minnesota Aviation Innovators Exhibit: Production

Recipient

Minnesota Air National Guard Historical Foundation

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,650

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To fabricate and install an exhibit on innovators in Minnesota aviation.

Minnesota History Book Shelf

Recipient

Northwest Regional Library System (Greenbush Branch)

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$512

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To add 22 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility.

Mitchell Saloon Structural Analysis

Recipient

City of Wykoff

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire an engineering firm to conduct a structural assessment of the Mitchell Saloon, Wykoff, MN.

MNopedia Carver County Entries

Recipient

Carver County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,800

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To create five Carver County entries for the MNopedia project for online research.

MNopedia Entries: Mesaba Co-op Park and John T. Bernard

Recipient

Minnesota Discovery Center

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To create two Iron Range entries for the MNopedia project for online research.

Modernism on the Prairie Symposium Development, Execution, and Documentation

Recipient

DOCOMOMO-US-MN

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$30,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To create Minnesota-based educational content for the 2015 Docomomo National Symposium, which will be held in Minneapolis.

Modification of Roof Drainage System

Recipient

City of Onamia

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,035

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To address water infiltration of Onamia Municipal Hall, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Monson Lake Immigrants Archaeological Education Project

Recipient

Swift County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To conduct an archaeological investigation of an early Swedish immigrant homestead in Swift County.

Montevideo Carnegie Library Building Assessment Project

Recipient

City of Montevideo

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,950

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to conduct a conditions assessment of the Montevideo Carnegie Library, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Mound-builders of Rainy River : A conference of understanding

Recipient

Koochiching County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To host a small conference that will broaden international cooperation for the preservation of American Indian historic resources along the Rainy River.