The Granger House Project

FAIN: ZED-283830-22

Castleton University (Castleton, VT 05735-4454)
Andre Fleche (Project Director: May 2021 to November 2024)
Scott Roper (Co Project Director: December 2021 to November 2024)

The creation of staff and part-time faculty positions, and support for 40 students for courses, learning labs, and museum exhibitions.

Castleton University seeks support to invigorate an ongoing humanities project that has been severely disrupted by the pandemic and that will provide key support for endangered university humanities programs. The Granger House Project is centered on the renovation and repurposing of Granger House, an early-19th-century home. The support requested here will establish the Granger House Museum and Learning Laboratory for the Humanities. The primary goal of the new center will be to provide a venue for exploring the full diversity of human experiences in Castleton, Vermont through interactive exhibits, scholarship, training, educational outreach, and public forums. This plan builds on ongoing educational outreach, supports the stewardship of one of Castleton’s oldest homes, and responds to a coronavirus-related fiscal crisis. Most importantly, this plan will strengthen humanities pathways at Castleton University and provide significant new humanities employment.