| CH-20051-84 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Challenge Grant | 6/17/1983 - 7/31/1987 | $200,000.00 | Jerome | A. | Enzler | | | | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Dubuque | IA | 52004-0305 | USA | 1983 | History, General | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 200000 | 0 | 200000 | 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. |
| CH-20176-91 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Endowing and Expanding Dubuque County Historical Society Museums | 12/1/1988 - 7/31/1994 | $525,000.00 | Jerome | A. | Enzler | | | | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Dubuque | IA | 52004-0305 | USA | 1991 | U.S. History | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 525000 | 0 | 525000 | 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. |
| CH-20650-01 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Endowed positions/River Discovery Center. | 12/1/1998 - 7/31/2003 | $500,000.00 | Jerome | A. | Enzler | | | | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Dubuque | IA | 52004-0305 | USA | 2001 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 500000 | 0 | 500000 | Endowment for new humanities positions at the Mississippi River Museum: Curator of Environmental History, Education Director, Lead Interpreter, and Collections Manager. |
| CH-50787-10 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Challenge Grant for Humanities | 12/1/2008 - 8/31/2015 | $750,000.00 | Jerome | A. | Enzler | | | | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Dubuque | IA | 52004-0305 | USA | 2009 | U.S. History | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 750000 | 0 | 750000 | 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. |
| CHA-261975-19 | Challenge Programs: Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Preservation & Restoration through Campus Improvements | 8/1/2018 - 7/31/2023 | $500,000.00 | Emma | | Sundberg | | | | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Dubuque | IA | 52004-0305 | USA | 2018 | U.S. History | Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 500000 | 0 | 497865.76 | 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. |
| GM-*1440-80 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Upper Mississippi Riverboat Museum | 7/1/1980 - 6/30/1981 | $16,000.00 | Jerome | A. | Enzler | | | | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Dubuque | IA | 52004-0305 | USA | 1980 | History, General | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 16000 | 0 | 16000 | 0 | 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. |
| GM-10835-76 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Upper Mississippi Riverboat Museum | 9/1/1976 - 4/30/1977 | $7,400.00 | William | | Petersen | | | | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Dubuque | IA | 52004-0305 | USA | 1976 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 7400 | 0 | 7400 | 0 |
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. |
| GM-24949-93 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Institutional Self-Study | 1/1/1993 - 11/30/1993 | $20,000.00 | Jerome | A. | Enzler | | | | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Dubuque | IA | 52004-0305 | USA | 1992 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 20000 | 0 | 20000 | 0 | To support a self-study that will evaluate the humanities programming at its two museums. |
| GM-25260-94 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Upper Mississippi River Interpretive Plan | 7/1/1994 - 6/30/1995 | $51,081.00 | Jerome | A. | Enzler | | | | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Dubuque | IA | 52004-0305 | USA | 1994 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 51081 | 0 | 51081 | 0 | To support planning for long-term exhibitions on the social and environmental history of the Upper Mississippi River region. |
| GM-26131-00 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | River Discovery | 9/1/2000 - 8/31/2003 | $300,530.00 | Jerome | A. | Enzler | | | | NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM | Dubuque | IA | 52004-0305 | USA | 2000 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 100530 | 200000 | 100530 | 200000 | 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. |