Eight Local History Organizations from Six Kentucky Counties Receive Funding
Eight Local History Organizations from Six Kentucky Counties Receive Funding
FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 9, 2024) – The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) announced recipients of the 2023 Kentucky Local History Trust Fund grants, a funding pool that supports the efforts of local history organizations to preserve and share Kentucky stories. Organizations in six Kentucky counties received grants totaling $18,579.25. Individual amounts range from $1,695 to $2,500 for exhibition expansion, collections management, archiving, technology updates, and programming projects.
Below are the organizations and projects receiving grants:
Lexington History Museum (Lexington, Fayette County) – $1952.41 - Everyone Learns: Children’s Activities at the Lexington History Museum
Kentucky Department of Parks (Frankfort, Franklin County) – $1695 - Kentucky Native American Interpretation Workshop
The Berry Center (New Castle, Henry County) – $2,500 - Write Your Own Rural Story
Frazier History Museum (Louisville, Jefferson County) – $2,500 - Collections Management: Archiving New Acquisitions from the Kentucky Science Center
Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing (Louisville, Jefferson County) – $2,500 - Interpreting the History and Legacy of Slavery Workshop
Loretto Heritage Center (Loretto, Marion County) – $2,431.84 - Re-framing Artifacts for Preservation
Kentucky Museum c/o College Heights Foundation (Bowling Green, Warren County) – $2,500 - Sonic Landscape: Bowling Green in Song
National Corvette Museum (Bowling Green, Warren County) – $2,500 - Supporting Kentucky’s Manufacturing History
The Kentucky Local History Trust Fund is a tax option where Kentuckians donate a portion of their state income tax refund via Line 38f. As the fund administrator, KHS has, to date, awarded 67 local history organizations with nearly $160,000 distributed across the Commonwealth. For more information, visit history.ky.gov/lhtf.
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The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) is an agency in Kentucky’s Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. The KHS campus has three sites in historic downtown Frankfort: The Old State Capitol; the Kentucky Military History Museum; and the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History serving as KHS headquarters with a signature museum, exhibits, library, research facilities, object & archival collections, museum store and more. KHS is a Smithsonian Affiliate and has full American Alliance of Museums accreditation.