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Access, Engagement and Experience Development – Strengthening the Core of the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota

Recipient

Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$147,000

Fund Source

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

Building Regional Significance through Play and Learning at the Duluth Children's Museum

Recipient

Duluth Children's Museum

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$147,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

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.

Centennial History of the Carleton College Chapel and Chaplaincy

Recipient

Carleton College

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to produce a manuscript on the history of Carleton College's Chapel and Chaplaincy.

Change and enhance the Children's Discovery Museum (CDM) School Service Program (SSP) with additional program staffing and new interactive exhibits

Recipient

Children's Discovery Museum

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$142,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

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.

Collections Inventory: Phase V

Recipient

Minnesota Discovery Center

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,200

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

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

Disaster Plan for New Museum Location

Recipient

Itasca County Historical Society

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,486

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified museum consultant to develop a disaster plan for the Itasca County Historical Society.

Gumm and Milne Family History: Research

Recipient

Judy Garland Children's Museum

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,330

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

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

Historic Message and Content Improvements for the Minnesota River Valley National Scenic Byway

Recipient

City of Appleton

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$58,200

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

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