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Minnesota Historical Society requests funding for site preservation, county/local grants and collections project (PATH)

5108917 · February 25, 2025
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The Minnesota Historical Society sought capital funds for historic-site preservation, a county/local preservation grant program and a collections-care project called PATH.

Ken Whitworth, director and CEO of the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS), and David Kelleher, MNHS vice president for public policy and government relations, told the Capital Investment Committee on Feb. 25 that the society needs funding for three capital priorities: historic sites asset preservation, a county/local historic preservation grants program, and a multi-year Preservation and Access to History (PATH) project focused on collections care and storage.

Kelleher told the committee MNHS is responsible for 26 public historic sites and more than 150 structures, about half of which are more than a century old. MNHS presented a 2025…

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