Arkansas small museums receive grants

LITTLE ROCK — Jimmy Bryant, director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage, presented ceremonial checks to 15 museums in a hybrid in-person and virtual ceremony at the Arkansas Heritage building on Sept. 2.

Each year, Arkansas Heritage awards more than $30,000 in grant money to small museums around the state, a news release said.

Grants for Fiscal Year 2022 range from $2,209 to $2,500 and will promote “education, awareness and enjoyment of Arkansas history or aid community-based small museums or organizations in research and preservation concerning Arkansas history.”

Eligible museums are history museums, historical societies, historic houses and sites and military museums.

Recipients included the following:

• Calico Rock Community Foundation Inc., for the Calico Rock Museum operating expenses, $2,500.

• City of Altus for the City of Altus Heritage House Museum operating expenses, $2,209.

• Clark County Historical Museum for the CCHM Museum operating expenses, $2,305.

• Cross County Historical Society for the “Hall of Honor” and display cases for military artifacts, $2,500.

• Fort Smith Heritage Foundation for maintenance and upkeep, $2,500.

• Greene County Historical and Genealogical Society for microfilm and newsletter paper, $2,493.

• Helena Museum of Phillips County for carpet/floor replacement, $2,500.

• Hot Spring County Museum for operating expenses, $2,500.

• Hot Spring County, Arkansas Historical Society for operating expenses, $2,500.

• Howard County Historical Society for operating expenses, $2,500.

• Johnson County, Arkansas Historical Society and Heritage Center for heritage conservation projects, $2,500.

• Lonoke County Museum for Lonoke County heritage conservation projects and energy-efficient lighting upgrades, $2,490.

• Old Independence Regional Museum for program supplies and utilities, $2,410.

• Rector Community Museum Inc., for utilities, $2,500

• Saunders Memorial Museum for sustainability projects, $2,500.