Utah Arts & Museums has granted approximately $365,000 to museums in 18 counties around the state, after receiving more than $545,000 in grant requests. Applications were accepted for development, project support and office grants. The $125,000 one-time bump in funding awarded from the State of Utah for fiscal year 2015 allowed Utah Arts & Museums to support several more museums than last year, and at higher funding levels. The purpose of these grants is to help museums develop projects to improve their professional skills in accepted museum practices; better preserve, exhibit and interpret their collections; and improve service to their communities. All funded museums are Certified Utah Museums.
“Utah museums are a vital force in the state’s cultural life, informing and entertaining millions of patrons each year,” said Utah Arts & Museums Director Lynnette Hiskey. “We’re pleased to offer this funding to help museums reach their broader goals.” Previously funded projects have supported collection management, storage and cataloging, progress toward state performance goals, and temporary staff to carry out funded projects.
Development grants are for museums open fewer than 1,000 hours per year, with a maximum award of $1,000. Project support grants have a maximum award of $15,000 and require a level of matching funds. Office grants support statewide museum services. Grant guidelines are available at artsandmuseums.utah.gov under “Opportunities” and then “Grants.” Applications are reviewed by a panel of peers in the field and approved by the Utah Arts & Museums’ Office of Museum Services Advisory Board.
The next deadline for museum grants will be March 2015. For more information, please contact Laurie Baefsky at lbaefsky@utah.gov or 801.236.7550, or visit artsandmuseums.utah.gov.
| FY15 Museum Development Grants
American Fork DUP Museum |
$600 |
| Bountiful Historical Museum | $993 |
| Brigham City DUP Cabin | $1,000 |
| Coalville DUP Museum | $500 |
| Daggett County Museum | $500 |
| Fanny Powell Cropper DUP Museum | $1,000 |
| Highland DUP Cabin | $1,000 |
| Huntington Camp DUP Museum | $1,000 |
| Midland Camp DUP | $500 |
| Orderville Kane County DUP Museum | $1,000 |
| Plain City Camp DUP & John Carver Cabin | $1,000 |
| Stockton DUP Rush Valley Camp | $500 |
| Syracuse Museum & Cultural Center | $1,000 |
| Wellington Pioneer Log Cabin DUP Museum | $1,000 |
| Woods Cross Hogan Cabin DUP Museum | $1,000 |
| World of Puppetry Museum | $1,000 |
| Total | $13,593 |
| FY15 Museum Office Grants
Utah Humanities Council |
$14,000 |
| Utah Museums Association | $20,000 |
| Utah Nonprofits Association | $10,000 |
| Total | $44,000 |
FY15 Museum Project Support Grants
| Alf Engen Ski Museum | $9,000 |
| American West Heritage Center | $4,500 |
| Anasazi State Park Museum | $6,000 |
| Bluff Fort Historic Site | $4,500 |
| Box Elder Museum | $7,500 |
| Brigham City Museum-Gallery | $6,000 |
| BYU Museum of Art | $15,000 |
BYU Museum of Peoples & Cultures $11,205
Clark Planetarium $4,950
| Conservation Garden Park at Jordan Valley $9,000
Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum $11,250 Dixie State U. Sears Art Museum Gallery $7,500 Fielding Garr Ranch $3,500 Fort Douglas Military Museum $4,500 Frontier Homestead State Park Museum $9,000 Great Basin Museum $3,962 Hill Aerospace Museum $2,557 Historic Wendover Airfield $7,500 John Wesley Powell River History Museum $4,800 McQuarrie Memorial Pioneer DUP Museum $4,500 Museum of Moab $5,908 Museum of the San Rafael Swell $3,135 Natural History Museum of Utah $5,800 Orem Heritage Museum $4,500 Park City Historical Society & Museum $7,500 Red Butte Garden and Arboretum $13,081 Silver Reef Museum $6,000 Southern Utah Museum of Art $4,250 St George Art Museum $9,000 St George Dinosaur Discovery Site $4,000 Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter $9,000 Territorial Statehouse Park Museum $4,456 Thanksgiving Point $11,250 The Leonardo $7,500 The Prehistoric Museum $11,250 Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts $4,000 Tracy Aviary $10,500 Treehouse Children’s Museum $10,500 Utah State University Botanical Center $11,250 USU Museum of Anthropology $11,180 Utah’s Hogle Zoo $4,500 Wasatch Mountain State Park Museum $2,220 Western Mining & Railroad Museum $6,000 Wheeler Historic Farm $4,500 |
Total $308,004
