From the monthly archives: September 2011

MHCG: Spray Room Installation

by Joe Hoover on September 27, 2011 · No Comments · in Blog, Exhibits, MHCG, Museums

An old coal room was retrofitted with a compatible reuse where the intake has been reversed to exhale. This special facility will enable the Winona County Historical Society to be more intentional and responsive with its exhibits, which before the addition were fairly static. Their stated intention in the final report is to have exhibits [...]

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MHCG: Eastman Johnson Collection Storage Cabinets

by Joe Hoover on September 19, 2011 · 1 Comment · in Blog, Collections, MHCG

The Saint Louis County Historical Society used MHCG funds to provide appropriate storage for the nationally significant ethnographic Eastman Johnson collection. Print PDF

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MHCG: Scriver Building-Accessibility Project

by Joe Hoover on September 13, 2011 · No Comments · in Fundraising, MHCG, Museums, Podcast

Support from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund enabled the Northfield Historical Society to complete a project that has been part of their long range plan since NHS was established in 1975. The $200,000 grant leveraged over $400,000 of additional money to provide full access to the Scriver Block, which is listed in the National [...]

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MHCG: Historical Mobile Walking Tour

by Joe Hoover on September 7, 2011 · No Comments · in MHCG, Museums, Podcast

Jennifer Weaver, the assistant director at the Winona County Historical Society describes how the Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant funds will help augment a National Endowment for the Humanities exhibit at the Winona County Historical Society museum with mobile electronic access to the historic built environment. The mobile tour uses the open source application, Tap Tours. View [...]

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