All Projects

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

CMSM will build upon the work that began with its 2015-16 appropriation by (1) Remediation and further development of exhibit areas that promote Arts & Cultural Heritage (ACH) learning (2) Expanding ACH learning opportunities for new audiences at off-site locations; (3) Engaging an outside Evaluation Consultant to help plan/implement strategies that meaningfully assess ACH learning outcomes and impacts; (4) Boosting the Museum’s capacity to serve more school/early learning groups.

To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to make microfilmed records more accessible to the public.

To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to make microfilmed records more accessible to the public.

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

To hire qualified consultants to develop and install an exhibit on the history of 3M in Maplewood.

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

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

To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan on Jewish tradition in Minnesota.

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

To hire qualified professionals to publish a book on the history of 20th century Jewish immigrant culture in Minnesota.

The Equity Alliance MN will bring to life absent narratives of Latino, Hmong, Native, Asian, African American, and women of the Civil Rights Era in a collaboration among youth, social studies teachers, Full Circle Theater (FCT), and St. Paul Neighborhood Network. The narratives, researched by youth, will be transformed by FCT into a six person play that will be presented, video recorded, and distributed with accompanying curriculum written by social studies teachers for teachers across the Equity Alliance MN and the state.

To digitize a collection of glass plate negatives, allowing for greater public access to this historic resource.

To document in 15-20 oral history interviews the history of the Capitol Region Watershed District.

To hire qualified professionals to produce a manuscript on the history of the Arlington Hills Public Library building.

To hire a qualified historian to research the 150-year history of St. Paul's Central High School.

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.

The Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota will strengthen its acclaimed school service program by: (1) continued leadership of a new Program Director retained on January 1, 2016 (2) creating a new (Minnesota built) core interactive exhibit; (3) developing new curriculum for pre-school through 3rd grade students in ten northern Minnesota counties.

To hire a qualified consultant to prepare a collections management policies and procedures document.

To gain physical and intellectual control through a professional inventory of remaining uninventoried museum collections.