| CH-50438-08 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | Historic Cherry Hill | Historic Cherry Hill: Initiative to Strengthen Public Access to the Humanities | 6/1/2006 - 10/31/2015 | $575,000.00 | Liselle | M. | LaFrance | | | | Historic Cherry Hill | Albany | NY | 12202-1111 | USA | 2007 | U.S. History | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 575000 | -500 | 546091 | Restoration of a 1787 house, endowment for the Curatorial and Research Department, and fund-raising expenses.
Historic Cherry Hill requests a $575,000 Challenge Grant from NEH in support of a $2.3 million capital campaign. HCH's objective in launching the campaign is to strengthen public intellectual access to the humanities and Cherry Hill's rich, unique resources. The campaign has three components: 1) restoration/ repairs to the 1787 home, listed on the National Register of Historic Places; 2) endowment of the Curatorial and Research Department, including salaries of the Curator, part-time Manuscript Specialist, and operation of the Edward Frisbee Center for Collections & Research; and 3) investment in the museum's development/fund raising program, which is essential to stabilizing and expanding operations now and in the years to come. Home to five generations of Van Rensselaers, Cherry Hill today tells a nationally significant story through a personal family lens, using the site's intact collections of 20,000 objects, 30,000 manuscripts, 7,500 textiles, 5,000 books and 3,000 photographs. |