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Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$147,000

CMSM opened its new permanent site with increased capacity to serve as an informal learning center that playfully engages children, families, and school groups in interactive experiences with the art and cultural heritage of southern Minnesota. With its current appropriation, CMSM is poised to strengthen its core as an institution that promotes arts and cultural heritage learning through continued

Anoka
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Chippewa
Chisago
Clearwater
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Steele
Swift
Todd
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Hennepin County Library
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To make accessible primary records through a new microfilm reader/printer/scanner.
Hennepin
Recipient
African American Registry
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To document in 6 interviews an inter-racial, cross-cultural oral history of Black and Jewish residents of Minneapolis.
Hennepin
Recipient
Twin Cities Media Alliance
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,440
To document in 10 interviews the history of immigrant businesses along University Avenue in St. Paul
Hennepin
Recipient
American Swedish Institute
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$71,588
To acquire professional services for improving public accessibility to significant archival materials documenting Swedish immigrant contributions to state history
Hennepin
Recipient
Field Regina Northrop Neighborhood Group, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,200
To have the Arthur and Edith Lee House evaluated for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hennepin
Recipient
Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$112,500

The Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans and the Humanities Center’s “Arts & Cultural Legacy” program will educate, highlight, and promote understanding of the arts and cultural heritage of Asian American and Pacific Islanders for all Minnesotans. The Program consists of 3 elements 1) capacity building via the Artists Fellowship Program and the Asian Pacific Youth Council; 2) print and media via the creation of books for young readers; and 3) arts programming.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Richfield Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To fabricate and install in the Riley Bartholomew House an exhibit on residential life over time in one suburb.
Hennepin
Recipient
Beth El Foundation of Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,900

To hire a qualified historian to research the history of Beth El Synagogue in Minnesota.

Hennepin
Ramsey
St. Louis
Recipient
Council on Black Minnesotans
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

The Council on Black Minnesotans and the Humanities Center will coordinate a Cultural Relations Summit for Minnesotans of Africans descent. The summit will celebrate culture traditions through instructional demonstrations, guided tours, and visual arts; plan for cultural institutions’ sustainability; and strengthen cultural connections through DNA technology. A web-based cultural portal and a video documentary on the contributions of Minnesotans of African will discover and preserve cultural traditions and enhance relations in Minnesota.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Chicano Latino Affairs Council
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$112,500

The Chicano Latino Affairs Council and the Humanities Center will build on the grant received last year, which was intended to identify the elements of success in programs for Latino high school students and ways to replicate them. Applying the findings of CLAC's and HACER's research, CLAC will integrate its biennium goal of improving levels of educational achievement for Latino youth with the Legacy goal of enriching Minnesota’s cultural legacy by piloting the program in two Minnesota schools.

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Rice
Recipient
Duluth Children's Museum
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$147,000

Through the construction of new interactive exhibits and the creation of educational programming, the Duluth Children's Museum will highlight the community and culture of Duluth and the surrounding region. A climbable, playable model of Duluth's iconic canal lighthouses and an educational Ojibwe waaginogaan are among the planned new elements being added to the museum experience.

Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
Children's Discovery Museum
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$142,500

The Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota aims to strengthen its highly successful School Service Program by retaining a Program development coordinator, changing core interactive exhibits and creating new curriculum for pre-school and K - 5 students in ten northern Minnesota counties.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
St. Louis
Recipient
Golden Valley Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,155
To hire a qualified consultant to prepare a collections management policies and procedures document.
Hennepin
Recipient
Minnesota Discovery Center
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,200

To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust.

Aitkin
Crow Wing
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Richfield Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,120
To increase accessibility to Richfield history for K-12 audiences.
Hennepin
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,000

The Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota planned for the cultural alignment of the permanent Children's Museum's art curation, signage, and interactive experiences. The primary focus of this cultural content related to southern Minnesota including Dakota art, culture, and heritage and complemented the Exhibit Development and Fabrication Legacy grant goals.

Blue Earth
Brown
Nicollet
Olmsted
Rice
Sibley
Recipient
Itasca County Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,486
To hire a qualified museum consultant to develop a disaster plan for the Itasca County Historical Society.
Itasca
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$131,031
MNHS is working to engage Twin Cities youth in programming in order to increase their interest in history and the Minnesota Historical Society. MNHS promotes and recruits diverse students for programs that engage them in understanding how public organizations present historical narratives. One of these programs is the American Indian Museum Fellowship program (above). The funds also provide logistical support for diversity outreach efforts, which includes having tables at events and community engagement activities.
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$153,500

The Why Treaties Matter exhibit made possible by previous Legacy funding explores the relationships between Minnesota's Dakota and Ojibwe tribes and the United States Government. The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and the Humanities Center will take the work and impact of the exhibit deeper by creating a curriculum to complement the exhibit.

Beltrami
Cass
Goodhue
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$65,612
Partners: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MNSCU), University of Minnesota (U of M), Minneapolis Public Schools, St. Paul Public Schools Through this program, partners are extending the reach of National History Day in Minnesota. MNHS professional staff members coordinate school services with an emphasis on support for students from diverse backgrounds. Higher education partnerships help build college readiness skills for middle and high school students and strengthen the mentoring skills of Minnesota college students.
Ramsey
Hennepin
Clay
Stearns
Recipient
Bloomington Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
To hire a qualified historian to evaluate the Bloomington Municipal Cemetery for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places
Hennepin
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,800
To hire a qualified and experienced HVAC engineer to evaluate current system preparatory to better control of the Clearwater County History Museum environment
Clearwater
Recipient
Twin City Model Railroad Museum
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan for the history of technology in Minnesota model railroads.
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Preserve Minneapolis
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,645
To revise and expand existing walking and bicycle tours with eight additional tours of historic resources.
Hennepin
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000

The Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota (CMSM) will complete the innovative community engagement process started with the previous Legacy grant. CMSM will build upon the progress created with the previous Legacy grant by transitioning the team's focus to carrying-out of strategic access strategies that engage a diversity of community members in the exhibit development process, resulting in the completion of fabrication plans for exhibits and environments that are accessible; engaging; and reflect the diverse art, culture, and heritage of southern Minnesota.

Aitkin
Anoka
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Swift
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota (U of M Libraries)
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$121,932
To digitize and make accessible botanical, zoological, and geological records documenting the natural history of Minnesota, 1872-1946
Hennepin
Recipient
Ka Joog
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$122,500

This project had three components: 1) An arts club that meets weekly and provides arts education and peer mentoring; 2) A theater play that will showcase issues/challenges within the Somali community in the community. The workshops are designed to introduce youth to traditional Somali arts and encourage them to extend the tradition through their own artistic practice. 3) Showcasing Somali Art, presentation and intercultural community engagement at the Somali Independence day Festival in 2016.

Benton
Hennepin
Ramsey
Sherburne
Stearns
Recipient
Firefighter's Hall and Museum
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To draft and implement a comprehensive interpretive plan
Hennepin
Recipient
St. Louis Park Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,364
To hire professional conservators to assess historically significant collections and write a long range preservation plan
Hennepin
Recipient
Western Hennepin County Pioneers Association
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,277
To hire a qualified professional to assess museum collections and articulate a long range plan for future preservation.
Hennepin
Recipient
Eden Prairie Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,341
To hire professional conservators to assess historically significant collections and write a long range preservation plan.
Hennepin
Recipient
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,986
To hire a qualified historian to research and prepare a historic context study of the national significance of the Grand Rounds park system landscape.
Hennepin
Recipient
City of Greenfield
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To document in approximately 10 interviews the early history of Greenfield Village
Hennepin
Recipient
Judy Garland Children's Museum
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,330

To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on the history of the Gumm and Milne families in Minnesota.

Aitkin
Beltrami
Carlton
Hennepin
Itasca
Ramsey
St. Louis
Recipient
City of Appleton
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$58,200

To strengthen a large partnership, including American Indian partners, as they improve and make available more historic information about the Minnesota River Valley.

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Norman
Redwood
Renville
Scott
Sibley
Swift
Traverse
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Alliance Francaise of the Twin Cities
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To hire a consultant to develop the first phase of a Historic Structures Report for the Alliance Francaise building, part of the Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hennepin
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$62,465
In the third year of this project, MNHS staff continued to inventory and rehouse archaeological collections from Historic Fort Snelling. As part of MNHS involvement with the University of Minnesota's Heritage Collaborative, student interns spent the 2015 fall semester assisting project staff with inventory and research. Artifact data was shared with University faculty for use in their courses. To date, over 98,000 catalog records have been created, describing more than 180,000 artifacts recovered during archaeological excavations at Historic Fort Snelling.
Hennepin
Dakota
Ramsey
Recipient
Walker Art Center
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,500
To produce and distribute a historical documentary film about the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden for its 25th anniversary in 2013
Hennepin
Recipient
American Aviation Heritage Foundation
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire qualified professionals to produce a revised and expanded manuscript on the history of Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation.
Hennepin
Ramsey