NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM (Dubuque, IA 52004-0305)
Cristin J. Waterbury (Project Director: March 2018 to present)
CHA-261975-19
Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants
Challenge Programs
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[Grant products]
Totals (matching):
$500,000 (approved)
$500,000 (offered)
$500,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
8/1/2018 – 7/31/2023
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Preservation & Restoration through Campus Improvements
The renovation of climate control systems in a
history museum along with the restoration of several associated historic structures,
which together document the history of the Mississippi River and of the people
who lived on its banks.
Dubuque County Historical
Society's Preservation & Restoration through Campus Improvements project
will focus on preserving and maintaining our historical structures and
intellectual property, expanding the river story that relates directly to
history and innovation, and reinvigorating our interpretation model to provide
the 21st century learner with real-world, vital, interdisciplinary, and
design-based learning that relates directly to the humanities.
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NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM (Dubuque, IA 52004-0305)
Jerome A. Enzler (Project Director: May 2009 to November 2015)
CH-50787-10
Challenge Grants
Challenge Programs
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Totals (matching):
$750,000 (approved)
$750,000 (offered)
$750,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
12/1/2008 – 8/31/2015
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Challenge Grant for Humanities
To create an endowment to support humanities staffing, exhibitions, and interpretation.
The Dubuque County Historical Society requests $750,000 and commits to raise $2,250,000 to create a humanities endowment of $3,000,000 to support humanities staffing, exhibition and interpretation. This will endow the position of Director of Interpretation, who will be a highly talented and motivated humanist dedicated to quality exhibitions, collections and programs. He/she will be integrally involved in the intellectual life of the Society's museums: the River Museum, the Ham House, and the Old Jail Museum. The Director of Interpretation will be the lead humanist for the development of a series of exhibitions and interpretive programming supported by this endowment and presented at the three museums. The River Museum will continue to advance humanities programming and exhibitions in its current facilities. The humanities endowment will also support the interpretive programming at the Society's Mathias Ham House and Old Jail Museum.
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NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM (Dubuque, IA 52004-0305)
Jerome A. Enzler (Project Director: May 1999 to March 2004)
CH-20650-01
Challenge Grants
Challenge Programs
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Totals (matching):
$500,000 (approved)
$500,000 (offered)
$500,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
12/1/1998 – 7/31/2003
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Endowed positions/River Discovery Center.
Endowment for new humanities positions at the Mississippi River Museum: Curator of Environmental History, Education Director, Lead Interpreter, and Collections Manager.
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NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM (Dubuque, IA 52004-0305)
Jerome A. Enzler (Project Director: February 2000 to March 2004)
GM-26131-00
Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations
Public Programs
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Totals (outright + matching):
$300,530 (approved)
$300,530 (awarded)
Grant period:
9/1/2000 – 8/31/2003
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River Discovery
Implementation of a permanent interpretive plan about human relationships with the Mississippi River, including an exhibition, living history presentations, an outdoor boat building demonstration, and public and educational programs.
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NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM (Dubuque, IA 52004-0305)
Jerome A. Enzler (Project Director: December 1993 to December 1995)
GM-25260-94
Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations
Public Programs
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Totals:
$51,081 (approved)
$51,081 (awarded)
Grant period:
7/1/1994 – 6/30/1995
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Upper Mississippi River Interpretive Plan
To support planning for long-term exhibitions on the social and environmental history of the Upper Mississippi River region.
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NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM (Dubuque, IA 52004-0305)
Jerome A. Enzler (Project Director: June 1992 to May 1994)
GM-24949-93
Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations
Public Programs
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Totals:
$20,000 (approved)
$20,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
1/1/1993 – 11/30/1993
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Institutional Self-Study
To support a self-study that will evaluate the humanities programming at its two museums.
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NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM (Dubuque, IA 52004-0305)
Jerome A. Enzler (Project Director: May 1990 to October 1994)
CH-20176-91
Challenge Grants
Challenge Programs
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Totals (matching):
$525,000 (approved)
$525,000 (offered)
$525,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
12/1/1988 – 7/31/1994
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Endowing and Expanding Dubuque County Historical Society Museums
To support doubling the space at the Woodward River Museum, making capital improvements at the Mathias Ham House Historic Site, and increasing endowment to support education and exhibit programs.
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NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM (Dubuque, IA 52004-0305)
Jerome A. Enzler (Project Director: June 1983 to October 1990)
CH-20051-84
Challenge Grants
Challenge Programs
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Totals (matching):
$200,000 (approved)
$200,000 (offered)
$200,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
6/17/1983 – 7/31/1987
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Challenge Grant
To support completion of exhibitions and capital improvements at the Woodward Riverboat Museum; to support restoration of a historic house museum; to supportdevelopment of a permanent membership and fund-raising program and purchase of storage and archives equipment; to support an endowment for museum operations.
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NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM (Dubuque, IA 52004-0305)
Jerome A. Enzler (Project Director: February 1980 to October 1990)
GM-*1440-80
Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations
Public Programs
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Totals:
$16,000 (approved)
$16,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
7/1/1980 – 6/30/1981
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Upper Mississippi Riverboat Museum
To support a planning project for interpretative exhibits for a major new museum in the Upper Mississippi. The plan will focus on humanistic concerns and the cultural history of the Upper Mississippi River.
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NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM (Dubuque, IA 52004-0305)
William Petersen (Project Director: September 1976 to present)
GM-10835-76
Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations
Public Programs
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Totals:
$7,400 (approved)
$7,400 (awarded)
Grant period:
9/1/1976 – 4/30/1977
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Upper Mississippi Riverboat Museum
To plan the conversion of an old building near the Dubuque Ice Harbor into a museum concentrating on river travel on the Upper Mississippi by securing a planning director and a strong local support committee, securing preliminary commitment of artifacts, documents, etc., for display, consulting with museum exhibit planners, archivists, librarians and others, and planning the long-term management and maintenance of the museum.
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