The club, at 24 W. 6th Ave. downtown, is receiving the funds through a Department of Commerce program to improve historical sites, historical societies and history museums in Montana.
Montana historical sites, societies and museums, like the “Queen of the Prairie” Fort Peck Theatre, will see more than $10 million in grant funding for more than 40 preservation projects around the state.
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The Oregon Heritage Commission, the State Library of Oregon, and Washington State Library teamed up on the project. It allows libraries, museums, and cultural heritage groups to digitize and share their collections for a wider audience than they’d receive individually.
“So it’s very easy and accessible by the everyday public or researcher or historian, that wants to look for information, explained Katie Henry is coordinator for the Oregon Heritage Commission. Being a service hub for the Digital Public Libraries of America, it’s a national platform. So Oregon’s great history can be accessed by people across the entire nation.”