History Foundation Pr and Communications Coordinator Jacob Rosen was recently interviewed by Bill Crane with Montana Shares for HCTV. Click on the following link for the full interview: HCTV Jacob Rosen Interview
The National Park Service (NPS) announced today the award of $386,000 in grants to develop or adapt techniques that preserve historical sites and cultural heritage. The Preservation Technology and Training grants will fund projects that use modern methods to enhance historic preservation. Using a Preservation Technology & Training grant, the Montana History Foundation will hold Read More »
The North Central Montana Retired Teachers Association was recently awarded a $5,000 grant for restoration work to the Zion School at the Montana ExpoPark. The school receives more than four thousand visitors each year during the State Fair. Work was recently completed on the historic building in preparation for the fair. Read the full story: KRTV
A historic railroad water tank in the town of Elkhorn may have been built to last, but nearly 130 years in Montana’s harsh environment has taken its toll. Now a group has set out to restore the tank to its original glory. Most water tanks were dismantled by mid-century as steam engines were replaced by Read More »
Jodi Delaney, a teacher at Broadwater Elementary School in Helena, has been named Montana’s History Teacher of the Year. Delaney, a Montessori teacher, has been teaching at the school for 10 years. She was recently named the winner of the 28th Montana Statehood Centennial Bell Award. Click here for the full story: KRTV Teacher of the Year
The Heritage Museum is hosting a free grant-writing workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, July 21, at the Lincoln County Public Library at 220 West 6th St. in Libby. Lunch will be provided. The workshop, geared toward small museums and nonprofits, will be led by Charlene Porsild, CEO of the Montana History Foundation. Read More »
Last year we brought you the story of how Helena’s former fire chief is leading an effort to get the city’s historic documents – dating back to Helena’s very beginnings – digitized and preserved. That effort continues and to-date approximately 18 books, amounting to about 13,000 images, have been digitally captured by the Mansfield Library at Read More »
Yellowstone Gateway Museum was one of three organizations in Livingston to receive a grant from the Montana History Foundation this year. The museum received $5,000 to archive and catalog its extensive railroad collection, according to YGM news release. To read the full article, click here: Livingston Enterprise Yellowstone Gateway Museum Article
The Montana History Foundation has awarded a $4,000 grant to help protect artifacts in the collection at the Ravalli County Museum in Hamilton. The money will be used to help preserve some of the 112,000 items in its growing inventory. To watch the news story, click on this link: NBC Montana KECI News Story
The Ravalli County Museum has received a grant from the Montana History Foundation to help preserve and protect the historic legacy of Montana represented in its collections. “We really love that foundation because it really gets right to the core of what the museum is all about, and that is preserving history,” said Tamar Stanley, museum Read More »