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Olmsted County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To conduct and inventory and cataloging project of 3-dimensional artifacts in OCHS' collections.
Olmsted
Recipient
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
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Hubbard
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
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Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
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Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Steele
Swift
Todd
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
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Heart of the Earth, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$39,706
To unify, appraise, and arrange 1,000 lineal feet of historical records of the American Indian Movement under the direction of a qualified archivist.
Hennepin
Recipient
Olmsted County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.
Olmsted
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
To send one person to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.
Clearwater
Recipient
Minnesota African American Museum & Cultural Center
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$155,250
To design and install climate control that meets museum standards in order to better preserve collections that document African American history in Minnesota.
Hennepin
Recipient
Hennepin History Museum
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$54,947
Hennepin
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American Swedish Institute
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Hennepin
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Richfield Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,960
To hire a qualified professional to update the interpretation of the Riley Bartholomew House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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
Wayzata Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To print and publish a biography on a turn of the twentieth-century Lake Minnetonka resident, Royal C. Moore of Moore Boat Works.
Hennepin
Recipient
Black Men Teach
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,085

To document in 15 oral history interviews the history of African American educators in Minnesota.

Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Anoka
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Statewide
Recipient
Hennepin History Museum
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,996

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

Hennepin
Recipient
Cedar Lake Park Preservation and Development Association dba Cedar Lake Park Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To publish a history of the Cedar Lake Park Association, a volunteer citizens' group.

Hennepin
Recipient
Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT)
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000

Crossing Mountains is a highly collaborative effort by a coalition of Hmong artists to create a sweeping story of two generations of Hmong women who escape Laos to Minnesota. Their story is one of sacrifice and hardship and ultimately hope and redemption. Inspired by the real story of an amazing Hmong woman from Minneapolis, this Hmong opus will use ballet to share the Hmong story of escape from Laos to acclimating in a strange new land.

Hennepin
Ramsey
St. Louis
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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
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Friends of Christ Church Lutheran
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$38,000
To hire a qualified and experienced historian to prepare a Historic Structure Report that will guide future preservation projects
Hennepin
Recipient
City of Plymouth
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,750
Hennepin
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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
Nicollet County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000

To document a public series of native and non-native lecturers discussing Dakota culture, relationship with the US government, and the 1862 Dakota War.

Sibley
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Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES)
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

We seek MHC support for three core exhibit activities:

Hennepin
Ramsey
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Hiawatha Homes Foundation
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,200
Olmsted
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American Swedish Institute
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Hennepin
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Eden Prairie Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To install a fire suppression system in the John R. Cummins House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hennepin
Recipient
The Bakken Museum
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To complete fabrication and installation of the Dakota Medicinal Plant Garden exhibit.

Hennepin
Recipient
Afton Historical Society Press
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Statewide
Cook
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
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Wiccan Church of Minnesota
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Hennepin
Recipient
Minnesota Media Arts
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,925
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
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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
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East Side Freedom Library
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,999
Hennepin
Ramsey
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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
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City of Brooklyn Park
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To create trunks containing hands-on artifacts pertaining to Eidem Homestead and local history to be loaned to schools and other community groups.

Hennepin
Recipient
Minnesota Air National Guard Historical Foundation
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,830
To create a traveling exhibit that will explore the roots of Minnesota's aviation industry.
Hennepin
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
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Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

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.

Blue Earth
Brown
Cottonwood
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Le Sueur
Martin
Nicollet
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Waseca
Watonwan
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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
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City of Minneapolis (Community Planning & Economic Development)
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,999

To hire a qualified historian to complete a local historic designation for the 1907 Fire Station No. 24 in Minneapolis, the only known all-African American staffed fire station in City history.

Hennepin
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Olmsted County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$27,300
To contract with qualified professionals to prepare a Historic Structure Report for the George Stoppel Farmstead, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, now used as an open air museum.
Olmsted
Recipient
George Floyd Global Memorial
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,524

To hire a qualified consultant to conduct a general preservation needs assessment survey and long range collections preservation plan.

Hennepin
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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