The arizona historical society will reopen its sanguinetti house museum and gardens in yuma and provide educational onsite programming for K-12 students

The Arizona Historical Society will reopen the Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens in Yuma, Arizona and provide educational programming for K-12 students through a $101,664 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants (NLG) program. The Society will hire two Audience Engagement Specialists to support daily site operations and develop educational materials including lesson plans and tour scripts for school field trips. This will allow the historical home museum, which depicts the development of Yuma from 1890 to 1950 through the stories of Italian immigrant E.F. Sanguinetti and his family, to reopen after revenue losses during the COVID-19 pandemic prevented staffing of these positions previously. The grant aims to advance museum practices through critical needs projects as outlined in the NLG program.

The historical home brings to life the development of yuma from 1890 to 1950 through the stories of italian immigrant E. F. Sanguinetti, his mexican american wife lilah, and their children. To support the reopening of the site, the society will hire two audience engagement specialists. These staff positions are required to reopen and have been vacant due to revenue losses incurred during the covid-19 pandemic. One position will support daily site operations. The other will support the creation of educational materials, including lesson plans and museum tour scripts for school field trips.