All Projects

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

To gain physical and intellectual control through a professional inventory of approximately 3,800 objects documenting Ramsey County history.

To create and install an exhibit on the history of veterinary medicine in Minnesota.

To convert 44 VHS tapes to digital format allowing greater public access.

In 2007, the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota (CMSM) conducted an environmental scan of early learning opportunities for children in southern Minnesota. It became apparent that the region creates few opportunities for children to engage in self-directed learning experiences in social settings; in particular, opportunities that create access to arts, culture, and heritage. This is still true today.

To restore siding on the Charles P. Noyes Cottage (Fillebrown House), which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To document in 10 interviews the history of Bhutanese refugees in Minnesota.

To prepare a comprehensive interpretive plan for the Governor's Residence to identify how best to reach their audience.

To compile source materials about theater history throughout the state of Minnesota from 1959 to 1981.

To edit a manuscript on the history of the Winnebago Creek Valley, Jefferson Township, Houston County.

This project requests funding to conduct and transcribe twelve oral history interviews focusing on the religious experience and interactions among immigrant groups in nine Twin Cities neighborhoods in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 

To provide greater accessibility to, and use of, the NCHS microfilm research collection.

To prepare a comprehensive interpretive plan for better public access to the history of model railroading.

To document in 6 intergenerational interviews the history of how Jewish migration to Minnesota is transmitted to succeeding generations.

The Council on Black Minnesotans in collaboration with the Minnesota Humanities Center will conduct approximately six statewide community forums.

To conduct research on the comprehensive history of Maplewood from the 1850s to present.

To enable public access through a website on the Minnesota Civil War Sesquicentennial.

To compile a comprehensive baseline inventory that can be integrated in planning.

The Saint Paul Police Oral History Project (Phase Five) documents the history and culture of this unique 157 year-old metropolitan department and explore the important contributions of public service the men and women officers make to our Capital City of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

In 1984-87, MN became and remains one of just six states with mandated cross agency services for infants/toddlers with disabilities beginning at birth.

The Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota will increase access and deepen engagement with their effectively proven School Service Program. The museum will take down the economic barriers and increase enrollment. This grant will fund more educators and facilitators, curriculum development, scholarship aid, transportation assistance and art/teaching supplies.