Local History News: November 8, 2023

Field Note

On October 16, Heritage Preservation, Planning & Outreach staff visited the Minnesota Firefighters Museum in Minneapolis to get an update on their grant-funded project to inventory their collection. The museum preserves and interprets the history of firefighting in the state. 

Heritage Preservation Grants

On November 2 and 3, members of the Historic Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC) held a public meeting at the Minnesota History Center to discuss 80 applications to the Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants Program. The large grant round had over $6 million available this year, and there were more than $12 million in requests among the 80 applications. The recommendations will be forwarded to the MNHS Executive Committee in December for final approval. 

Heritage Partnership Program
Shared Services is one of four categories of partnerships the Heritage Partnership Program can fund. Partners may individually provide similar services to the public or contract with service providers to accomplish common goals. Streamlining services for greater efficiency will allow for a more comprehensive public benefit. The application must thoroughly demonstrate that the partners and their customers will benefit from the shared services and that the partners can sustain the results of the shared services beyond the grant period. The mandatory pre-application deadline for Heritage Partnership Program Grants is Friday, January 26, 2024. Learn more »

ELIGIBLE PROGRAM EXAMPLES:

• Contracting with a training provider to present skills seminars among multiple constituencies.
• Developing a regional or community-based team to streamline disaster response efforts for historic properties, public records, museum collections, or archives.
• Contracting with an interpretive specialist to create integrated heritage tourism or exhibits programs.
• Developing a plan to combine services for collections held among the partners, including digitization, storage, inventory, care, and access.

Grants Office Webinar: First Steps Towards a Grant
November 16 @ 2 to 3 pm (CT) - Online: In this webinar, you will learn what you need to do to register for a grants portal login, how to apply, what the grant programs offer, what the programs can fund, and which resources are available for applicants. If you have never applied for a grant before or would like to hear about the basic process again, this webinar is for you. Presented by Grants Associate Gillian Maguire.
Join online: meet.google.com/zwx-krei-com
Join by phone: ‪(US) +1 386-361-3086‬ PIN: ‪420 891 978‬#

Small Grant Deadline
The next small grant deadline (requests of $10,000 or less) for the MHCHG program is Friday, January 12, 2024.

Job Opportunities

Minnesota Historical Society's Job Announcement, Internship, Fellowship, and Volunteer Opportunity pages.

MNHS

• MNHS Press, Director - MN History Center

LOCAL

• Museum Site Coordinator/Collections Manager - Murray County, Slayton, MN
• Museum Coordinator - Murray County, Slayton, MN 
• Paper Conservator - Midwest Art Conservation Center, Minneapolis, MN
• Experience Developer - Science Museum of MN, St. Paul, MN
• Cultural Resource Historian - MN Department of Transportation, St. Paul, MN
• Administrative Specialist - State Historic Preservation Office, St. Paul, MN
• Associate Director - Douglas County Historical Society, Alexandria, MN

REGIONAL

• Museum Director - Mahaska County Historical Society, Oskaloosa, IA

INTERNSHIPS/VOLUNTEERS/FELLOWSHIPS

• Volunteer Gallery Assistant - Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN

Additional Job Postings in the Field »

News

Amendment to Eliminate NEA and NEH Funding Defeated

An amendment to eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities was defeated during U.S. House floor consideration on November 2, 2023. Continue reading »

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