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2014 AASLH Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Meeker County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$575

Fund Source

To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.

2014 AASLH Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Lac qui Parle County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,465

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.

2014 AASLH Conference Scholarship

Recipient

City of Litchfield

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$750

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.

2014 AASLH Conference Scholarship

Recipient

City of St. Cloud

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$575

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.

2018 Design Plans for Historic Madison City Hall and Opera House

Recipient

City of Madison

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$45,180

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to develop architectural drawings for Madison City Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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.

Archival Inventory Project

Recipient

Stearns History Museum

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$93,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

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

Archival Storage and Rehousing

Recipient

Paynesville Area Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,820

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide better organization of archival materials which will allow the public greater access to the community

Canby Theatre Historic Structure Report

Recipient

City of Canby

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$30,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to develop a Historic Structure Report that will help preserve the Canby Theatre, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Collections Care & Mgmt: Cataloging Artifacts from Litchfield’s Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Hall & Museum

Recipient

Meeker County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$25,811

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To fully catalog 2,892 objects documenting Meeker County history for better public access under the direction of a qualified museum registrar.

Development and Graphic Design of Mni Wiconi Interpretive Graphics

Recipient

Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan on the importance of water in Dakota history in Minnesota.

Development and Design of Children's Exhibits on Dakota Culture and History

Recipient

Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$33,664

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire consultants to develop an exhibit on Dakota culture and history.

Dugout Canoe Preservation and Stabilization Grant

Recipient

McLeod County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,100

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified professional to construct an appropriate support for a significant collections piece.

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.

Historic Canby Theatre Marquee Restoration

Recipient

City of Canby

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to repair the marquee on the historic Canby Theatre, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

HVAC Design

Recipient

Lac qui Parle County Historical Society

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$28,700

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified technicians to provide designs for Lac qui Parle County Historical Society's heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.

HVAC Systems Evaluation

Recipient

Lac qui Parle County Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to perform an assessment of Lac qui Parle Historical Society's heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.

HVAC Evaluation for the Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum

Recipient

Dassel Area Historical Society

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified and experienced HVAC engineer to evaluate how well the current system controls the museum environment.

Install Light-Blocking Shades on Windows in Three Museum Buildings

Recipient

Lincoln County Historical Society

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified professional to install light-blocking shades on museum windows in order to provide better storage and exhibit conditions for the artifacts. .

Interpretive Exhibit on the History of Seed Corn

Recipient

Dassel Area Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$47,298

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To fabricate and install an exhibit on the history of seed corn.

Litchfield Opera House: Exterior Preservation

Recipient

Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc.

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$208,298

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To complete stabilization and rehabilitation of the exterior envelope of the Litchfield Opera House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and used as a community space.

Madison Municipal Building Reconstruction of Cupola

Recipient

City of Madison

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To develop drawings for the reconstruction of the cupola on the Madison City Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Microfilm Reader/Printer/Scanner

Recipient

Benton County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

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

Museum Storage

Recipient

Lac qui Parle County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$72,342

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide storage that meets museum standards through purchase of compressible shelving for collections documenting Lac qui Parle County history.

Museum Lighting Assessment

Recipient

Lac qui Parle County Historical Society

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,052

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified museum lighting professional to develop a museum lighting plan.

Myron Hall Negatives Digitization Project

Recipient

Stearns History Museum and Research Center

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,069

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

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

Researching an Overlooked Past

Recipient

Paynesville Area Historical Society

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,930

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on the history of underserved populations in the Paynesville area.

Restoration of Windows in Universal Laboratories Building

Recipient

City of Dassel

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$38,790

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to repair and restore windows in the Universal Laboratories Building, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Restoration and renovation of the Litchfield Opera House

Recipient

Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc.

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$50,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To restore the 1935 floor of the Litchfield Opera House as close as realistically possible to its original condition: with a finished and safe surface for public and catered events.

World War I Traveling Exhibit Implementation

Recipient

Kandiyohi County Historical Society

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$99,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified consultants to develop and install a traveling exhibit on World War I in Kandiyohi County.

World War I Traveling Exhibit Research

Recipient

Kandiyohi County Historical Society

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan for a traveling exhibit on World War I in Kandiyohi County.