Presenting a more complete picture of southwestern CT?s diverse colonial history [fairfield historical society (DBA fairfield museum / fmhc) seeks $125,565 to create a new long-term exhibition…

The Fairfield Historical Society, doing business as the Fairfield Museum and History Center, received a $125,565 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant funds the development and installation of a new long-term exhibition exploring southwestern Connecticut's diverse colonial history from the 17th-18th centuries. Key activities include research, content development with humanities scholars, community conversations, exhibition design, fabrication, and school program materials. The exhibition aims to provide a more complete historical context for the region by presenting perspectives on Native American, African American, gender, race, and class dynamics of the period. An estimated 35,000 annual visitors and 4,500 K-12 students are expected to benefit from touring the new exhibition and related educational offerings between January 2022 and December 2022. No subawards are associated with this Project Grant award.

Activities

?the staff and contractors would develop a & nbsp; long-term & nbsp; exhibition & nbsp; which & nbsp; builds & nbsp; on & nbsp; recent scholarship.  key activities include: research and the development of content,  meeting with humanities scholars,  holding community conversations & nbsp; to evaluate exhibition content, exhibition design, fabrication,  and the development of school program content around the exhibition. &nbsp

Expected outcomes

? The improvements should & nbsp; provide & nbsp; a & nbsp; scholarly informed & nbsp; introduction to the region's history, as well as an excellent primer on colonial america in new england as a whole. &nbsp

Intended beneficiaries

  audiences, before the pandemic, totaled?35,000 people & nbsp; annually & nbsp; who & nbsp; visited the fmhc. These audiences would benefit from this & nbsp; exhibition.  over & nbsp;4,500 students and teachers annually from 65 k-12 schools & nbsp; will take a tour of the exhibition & nbsp; and be offered educational materials for their grade level. &nbsp

Subrecipient activities

?the recipient does not intend to subaward funds. ]