The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission is pleased to announce that this year’s Keweenaw Heritage Grant program has awarded $124,902 in funding for various historic preservation, interpretation, education, and curatorial projects covering an area stretching from Eagle Harbor to the Porcupine Mountains.
24 grant applications were received this year with 14 chosen to receive awards. Projects ranged from: building and historic resource repair and maintenance, visitor accessibility improvements, collections digitization and management, and educational field trips.
Grants awarded are as follows:
| Organization | Project | Project Type | Award |
| Calumet Theatre | Theatre Heating System Restoration | Building Preservation | $15,000.00 |
| Carnegie Museum | Smoking Room Rehabilitation | Building Preservation | $7,000.00 |
| Chassell Heritage Org | Digitizing Collections/Preservation Friends of Fashion | Museum Collections | $8,325.00 |
| Copper Country Firefighters Museum | Window Frame Restoration | Building Preservation | $10,000.00 |
| Coppertown USA | Roof and Window Repairs | Building Preservation | $3,000.00 |
| Copper Range Historical Society | Champion #4 Shaft House Preservation & Interpretation | Preservation & Interp | $15,000.00 |
| Friends of the Porkies | Educational Field Trips and Programs | Interpretation & Education | $1,500.00 |
| Hanka Homestead | Site Improvements | Accessibility | $5,097.50 |
| Houghton County Historical Society | Office/Firehall Asbestos Removal | Building Preservation | $15,000.00 |
| Keweenaw County Historical Society | Accessibility at Life Saving Station Museum | Accessibility | $7,880.00 |
| Old Victoria | Roof Replacement | Building Preservation | $5,000.00 |
| Ontonagon County Historical Society | Collections Inventory, Cataloging, & Storage | Museum Collections | $12,600.00 |
| Quincy Mine Hoist Association | Shaft house Window/Doors Repair & Painting | Building Preservation | $15,000.00 |
| Calumet Historic District Commission | Historic District Identification | Landscape Preservation | $4,500.00 |
| 14 Grants Awarded | Total Awarded | $124,902.50 |
Since 2008, the Keweenaw Heritage Grant program has awarded $1.8 million to owners and operators of historic properties and providers of history programs in support of projects that further the preservation and interpretation of the story of copper on the Keweenaw Peninsula. To learn more about the program and whether your organization/property qualifies for future grant cycles, please contact Advisory Commission Executive Director, Sean Gohman at 906-483-3040. Information can also be found on the Keweenaw National Historical Park website at www.nps.gov/kewe.
The Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission, paneled by citizens appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, represents the public and works collaboratively with the National Park Service to advise and assist with managing the resources of Keweenaw National Historical Park.
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