Brown County Historical Society awarded grant for second phase of inventory project FILE â The Brown County Historical Society was awarded a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage grant Thursday. (Source: Brown County Historical Society) By Jake Rinehart | January 8, 2021 at 4:53 PM CST - Updated January 8 at 4:53 PM
NEW ULM, Minn. (KEYC) â The Brown County Historical Society was awarded a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage grant Thursday.
The $8,982 grant will be used to inventory, catalog and photograph objects house in the Brown County Museumâs artifact storage spaces. Some of the objects in these spaces include textiles, household furnishings, sculptures and paintings.
The project is the second phase of a five-year comprehensive inventory of the 16,000 artifacts in the Brown County Historical Societyâs artifact collection.
Jan 8, 2021
Bottom Row: Carol Steinhaus (Turner Hall), Lauri Stark (NUAF), Kortney Peterson (Turner Hall), Pat Herzog (NUAF) . Top Row: Shannon Hillesheim (NUAF), Lori Pickell-Stangel (Turner Hall), David Hirth (Turner Hall), Terry Sveine (Turner Hall), Rick Jensen (NUAF), Dan Kalk (Turner Hall)
NEW ULM New Ulm Area Foundation recently presented a grant of $2,500 to Turner Hall in support of their project to repair the roof above the gymnasium. Following some of the heavy rains in August and resultant flooding in the building, several tears in the roof were identified. Turner Hall applied for and received this grant to assist with the roofing repairs.