All Projects

To hire a qualified archaeologist to conduct a survey of the area surrounding District #44 School, Taylor Township, Traverse County.

To hire a qualified archaeologist to conduct a survey of the area near St. Francis Xavier Church, Chippewa City.

To expand on a partnership program that will provide archaeology and cultural resource management outreach services for alpha sites at three metro area history organizations.

In 2006, Ramsey County Historical Society (RCHS) purchased an additional 1.5 acres of the original Gibbs farmstead located adjacent to the existing Gibbs Museum property in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.  This purchase provided the impetus for updating and expanding the interpretive programs at Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life and creating a new master plan and landscape plan for the Museum. 

As preparation to additional historic preservation work on the Odeon Theatre, listed in the national Register of Historic Places, a qualified historical architect was hired to inspect and evaluate the building. Issues of safety/building codes, accessibility concerns, weather-tightness and future functional improvements were addressed. The final report included a mechanical/electrical evaluation of the building and its proposed future addition. Improvements will include accessible restrooms, a second accessible exit, expanded storage space and the repair of the stage floor.

To hire a qualified consultant to develop architectural drawings for the Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire a qualified professional to process three archival collections held by Ramsey County Historical Society.

To provide better organization of the museum's archival collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

To provide appropriate storage materials for an archival collection.

To provide better organization of the museum's archival collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

To provide better organization of the museum's archival collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

A total of 961 linear feet of archival quality shelving was purchased and installed in the "vault" area and the College Archives storage room at Gustavus Adolphus College. Old, used shelving was re-purposed for use in other areas of the college. The installation of this shelving has alleviated overcrowding, provided a safer more secure storage environment and consolidated the collections to one location.

To hire a qualified professional to assess the archival collections held by Ramsey County Historical Society.

To provide better organization of the archives and collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

To make the Cathedral of St. Paul archives more accessible to the public, the Cathedral heritage foundation undertook a two-step project to sort, organize, inventory and file their collections. The first step involved general cleaning and the reorganization of materials. All materials were re-housed in archival storage units. Inventory information was entered into PastPerfect. The second step of the project focused on the recruitment and training of volunteers folow up on and continue the new preservation/storage best practices.

This project will use the We Are Water MN traveling exhibit and the Minnesota Humanities Center's approach to community engagement, relationship building, and storytelling, to increase community capacity for sustainable watershed management in six Minnesota watersheds.

The goal of this project is to use the We Are Water MN exhibit and their technical knowledge in relationship-building and storytelling to increase community capacity for sustainable watershed management in the Cannon River, Cedar River, Mississippi-Headwaters, Mississippi-Grand Rapids, Mississippi-Twin Cities, Red Lake River, Rum River and St. Louis River watersheds.

This project will use the We Are Water MN traveling exhibit and the Minnesota Humanities Center's approach to community engagement, relationship building, and storytelling, to increase community capacity for sustainable watershed management in five Minnesota watersheds. The following communities were selected as host sites for this project:
Winona (City of Winona), active hosting period: March 3-April 25, 2022
Lake City (Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance), active hosting period: April 28-June 20, 2022

We are Water MN is a program and partnership with the Humanities Center, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota section of the American Water Works Association, and Minnesota communities.

We Are is a collaborative arts project that captures in literary reflections and visual art the Northside community's experiences of recent socially-impacting events. The primary output is a series of art posters that contain text and visual art. Each poster will be designed by a collaborative team, with a minimum of 20 posters produced. Posters will be displayed in public venues throughout the city. A corresponding photo book of the posters will be printed and distributed to community venues.

Assessing stream habitat improvement projects to improve trout populations and stream health in the Driftless Area.