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Grant
Awarded: April
2004
Type of Grant: Public Humanities Development Grant
Sponsor:
Michigan Maritime Museum
Contact:
Melinda Graham, melinda@michiganmaritimemuseum.org
Award:
$22,000
Website:
www.michiganmaritimemuseum.org/friendsgoodwill/educationandtraining/
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Executive Director Jan Fedewa (left) presents a check for
$22,000 to Orley Vaughan, Michigan Maritime Museum Board of
Trustees President. |
MICHIGAN
MARITIME MUSEUM RECEIVES $22,000 GRANT
(SOUTH
HAVEN)-----Michigan Humanities Council announces that it has awarded
the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven a $22,000 grant for
“Friends Good Will: Launching Living History Curriculum Project.”
Michigan Humanities Council awarded the grant as part of its program,
“Strengthening Michigan’s Communities Through the Humanities,”
which emphasizes collaboration among cultural, educational and
community-based organizations and institutions to serve Michiganians
today with
public humanities projects and programs.
“This
project exemplifies community collaboration and provides interactive
educational experiences, lifelong learning, and enhances tourism,”
said Janice Fedewa, Executive Director of Michigan Humanities Council.
“Michigan Maritime Museum has designed an outstanding humanities
project by bringing Michigan maritime history and culture to the
public through the use of a replica tall ship as interactive, floating
classrooms.”
“Friends
Good Will: Launching Living History Curriculum Project” is
designed to enhance the public’s knowledge of Michigan maritime
history and culture utilizing Friends Good Will, a replica of its
namesake, a 19th-century tall ship which originally sailed the Great
Lakes from 1810-1813. Three goals of the project are:
1.
To provide low-cost learning opportunities to the underserved populations
of West Michigan. Students will have the opportunity to sail on
a tall ship and study history, science, mathematics, astronomy,
navigation, conservation, and ecology through hands-on learning
experiences. The Museum will work with faculty from Western Michigan
University and Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency to
develop a year-round curriculum.
2.
To provide the general public with opportunities for lifelong learning,
development of traditional skills, and exploration of our rich cultural
heritage. The Museum will develop DVDs, multimedia tools and website
updates of the ship and research projects. There will be opportunities
for the public to engage in research, lectures, classes and maritime
demonstrations. The public can volunteer to build traditional maritime
tools and serve as crew of Friends Good Will.
3.
To increase cultural tourism in West Michigan. The Museum will develop
partnerships with area museums and hotels to create cultural tourism
packages. Friends Good Will will sail into other ports for
at least two festivals a year and provide re-enactments.
Friends
Good Will, currently being constructed in Albany, New York, is scheduled
to dock in South Haven in September 2004.
“This
grant provides the Museum with resources to develop a quality education
program,” states Melinda Graham, Development Director of the
Michigan Maritime Museum. “It will lead to amazing experiences
for our youth which inspire a life-long love of our unique Great
Lakes culture and heritage.”
For more information about Michigan Humanities Council, visit http://michiganhumanities.org;
and, for more on the Michigan Maritime Museum, please visit http://www.MichiganMaritimeMuseum.org.
Michigan
Humanities Council, founded in 1974, is the state’s independent,
non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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