Total Awards: 12 grants, $147,590.15
Cornwall
Cornwall Historical Society, $1,600
Cornwall Goes to War: 1754-2006
Cornwall Historical Society was awarded $1,600 to create an exhibition on their community’s response to and contributions toward American military conflicts from the French and Indian Wars to the current operation in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ancillary programming supporting the exhibition will include a first-person Civil War interpreter performance; a panel discussion cosponsored with the local VFW, a community outreach program, and extended open hours for the Society. The grant supports performer honoraria, exhibit supplies, and printing, and will be matched with staff time, volunteer time, and various in-kind contributions.
East Haddam
East Haddam Historical Society, $15,050
Heinz Warneke: East Haddam's Modernist Sculptor Exhibit Implementation
East Haddam Historical Society received $15,050 in CHDF funds to install and interpret a monumental example of local sculptor Heinz Warneke’s work in their headquarters facility. CHC support covers exhibit fabrication, labels, and installation.
East Windsor
Connecticut Trolley Museum, $5,000
Connecticut Trolley Museum Technical Assistance
The Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor received $5,000 in technical assistance support to engage a consultant to perform an organizational assessment that will enable the organization to set goals for the next one to three years.
Fairfield
Fairfield Museum and History Center, $75,250
Creating the Core Exhibit of the Fairfield Museum and History Center
The Fairfield Museum and History Center was awarded $75,250 in CHDF implementation support to fund fabrication costs of its inaugural, core interpretive exhibition in its new facility on the Town Green. This award follows a $25,000 planning grant to engage consultants, designers and market researchers to plan and design the exhibition.
Glastonbury
Historical Society of Glastonbury, $3,296
Strategic Planning
The Historical Society of Glastonbury was awarded $3,295.50 to engage a consultant to guide its board and staff in developing a 3-year strategic plan that will establish the organization as a vital educational resource of children and adults in the Glastonbury area.
Hamden
Connecticut League of History Organizations, $4,990
Strategies for Success: The Annual Conference of the Connecticut League of History Organizations
The Connecticut League of History Organizations (CLHO) was awarded $4,990 in CHDF Professional Development support to present its 2007 annual conference titled Strategies for Success. The conference offers staff, board and volunteers from the state's small and medium-sized history museums sessions on what constitutes institutional success.
Site Projects Inc., $5,250
Historical Reflections - Art-in-the-Canal: Vogrincic/New Haven
Site Projects, a community-based organization formed to bring internationally-recognized artists to New Haven, received $5,000 in CHDF support to create interpretive essays on New Haven's industrial history to accompany an art installation in the Farmington Canal. The essays will be available through an audio tour guide network accessible through cell phones and pod casts.
Hartford
Mark Twain House & Museum, $10,250
The Mark Twain House & Museum Audience Research Project
The Mark Twain House & Museum was awarded $10,250 in CHDF technical assistance support to engage a consultant to conduct audience research.
Middletown
Middlesex County Historical Society, $12,700
Middlesex County Historical Society Civil War Exhibit Planning Grant
The Middlesex County Historical Society was awarded $12,700 in CHDF support to plan its first major exhibit in three years. The exhibit examines the impact of the Civil War on the residents of Middlesex County and Middletown. Funds will be used to engage a guest curator and a marketing consultant to select and refine themes and test these on potential audiences.
Tolland
Association for the Study of Connecticut History, $3,955
Connecticut History Journal Publication Association for the Study of Connecticut History
The Association for the Study of Connecticut History was awarded $3,954.65 to publish its spring 2007 edition of Connecticut History, the state's only scholarly academic journal devoted to the study of Connecticut history.
Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum Art & History Center, $5,000
Bombshells, Bond Rallies & Blackouts: Waterbury in World War II
The Mattatuck Museum received $5,000 in CHDF support to create an exhibition and series of public programs that explore how World War II transformed the Waterbury community between the years 1940 and 1950.
Windsor
Windsor Historical Society, $5,250
Over There: Windsor and World War I Programming and Publicity
The Windsor Historical Society received $5,000 in CHDF support for programs and marketing for an exhibition commemorating the 90th anniversary of World War I.
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