National Trust Awards Grant to Roslyn Museum
The National Trust for Historic Preservation
is pleased to announce that it has awarded a total of $20,000 in Partnership-in-Scholarship grants to four projects to improve the interpretation of African American historic places. These four projects will help raise awareness of African American sites and their significance in American history and provide model programs for other historic sites across the country. Developed as collaborative projects between historic sites and universities, the four projects are:
For more information, contact aahp@nthp.org.
Also Check out a video of Dr. Raymond Hall explaining the project
HERE
is pleased to announce that it has awarded a total of $20,000 in Partnership-in-Scholarship grants to four projects to improve the interpretation of African American historic places. These four projects will help raise awareness of African American sites and their significance in American history and provide model programs for other historic sites across the country. Developed as collaborative projects between historic sites and universities, the four projects are:
- Documenting and Sharing the African American Experience at the Colonial Tobacco Port of London Town of Historic London Town and Gardens (Maryland) and Washington College to support research on the enslaved and free African Americans from 1690 to 1760 and incorporate it into educational materials and staff training.
- The Art of a Community Speaks of the South Side Community Art Center (Illinois) and the University of Chicago to research artists affiliated with the Center (the oldest African American art center in the US) for presentation on the web and through a series of public discussions.
- South Bend African American Civil Rights Landmarks Tour of the South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center (Indiana) and Indiana University to interpret 18 historic sites (including the Engman Natatorium where the Heritage Center is housed) to create a Civil Rights Heritage Trail with site markers and a full-color illustrated brochure.
- African American Migration to the Rosyln, Washington Coal Field of the Roslyn Historical Museum (Washington) and Central Washington University to develop a 360-degree virtual tour of historic sites associated with mining and labor from 1888 to 1910, when the Pacific Northwest experienced the largest migration of African Americans.
For more information, contact aahp@nthp.org.
Also Check out a video of Dr. Raymond Hall explaining the project
HERE
New upper county museum pamphlet
Roslyn Museum Board President Nick Henderson examines new Kittitas County Travel Log presented by Cascade Association of Museums & History that is now available at the Roslyn Museum
Once again the Lithuanian Community its friends and Families from all over converged in Roslyn to celebrate "All Souls Day, 2011" below find some of the pictures of the beautiful gathering
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Donata and Vytautas
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After the services the group visited the Roslyn Museum
Tristen Noel with local family connections as well as lithuanian roots and husband Frank Pulaski of Maui Hawaii, probably win praise as the longest distance travelers for the get together
Whenever people of any ethnic group gather and find an instrument such as the beautiful, Roslyn Museum's antique church organ, they all enjoy singing their native Countries songs
"Wooden nickel" Roslyn's 125th anniversary keepsake are still available at the Museum
