State Parks Department Announces Historic Project Grants

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

GoLocalPDX News Team

On Monday, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced it would sponsor grants or historic properties and archaeology projects, historic cemetery projects and museum projects.

The State Historic Preservation Office is offering grants of up to $20,000 for work on historic properties and for archaeology projects, while The Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries is offering grants for qualified historic cemeteries and the Oregon Heritage Commission is offering grants to qualified museums for collections projects, heritage tourism, and education and interpretation projects.

The Heritage Commission grants will typically be between $2,000 and $10,000.

Collections projects may include cataloging, archival storage, disaster preparedness and conservation. Heritage tourism projects may include museum marketing and promotions, enhancing visitor experience, and training for museum staff. Education and interpretation projects may include exhibits, online education, school classes, workshops and camps. 

"This program is a nice opportunity for small and large museums to complete important projects," said Oregon Heritage Commission coordinator Kyle Jansson.

Grants from the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries will fund projects such as marker repair workshops, fencing, signs, interpretive panels and brochures, security lighting, access improvements, records management and more.  They will typically range between $1,000 and $6,000, but may be higher.

"Our goal is to preserve Oregon's historic cemeteries, so we try to make it easy for people to access funds to do that while ensuring the funds are appropriately used," said historic cemeteries program coordinator Kuri Gill. 

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