FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:

Kate Leighton-Colburn

kate@hollandmuseum.org

616.283.3043

11.5.2024

The Holland Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded five grants totaling $39,450

from the State of Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC). The grant was one of 828 applications

to compete for MACC fiscal year 2025 funding.

Organizations receiving a MACC grant award are required to match those funds with other public

and private dollars and the MACC peer review process allows each grant application to be

competitively considered by a panel of in-state and out-of-state arts and culture professionals. This

ensures the taxpayers, who support this project through legislative appropriations, and all other

visitors or residents in Michigan will have access to the highest quality arts and cultural

experiences.

The Holland Museum received funds in five areas: Operational Support, Facility Improvement,

Professional Development Support, Transportation, and Arts in Education. The museum plans to

upgrade their point-of-sale management software and conduct staff training to improve the visitor

experience, launch a new Living Archive Project initiative for the History gallery focused on sharing a

more comprehensive Indigenous story, make much-needed repairs to the Dutch gallery, bolster the

current fund that provides bussing and admission subsidies to local schools, and create a new

curriculum-based traveling History-in-a-Box focused on immigration stories.

Holland Museum Executive Director Michelle Stempien said, “The Holland Museum is honored and

excited to again receive grant funding from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council. We are pleased

that MACC recognizes the important work that the Holland Museum does every day to engage our

community through our programs, exhibits, and collection.

A complete list of grant awards around the state is available by contacting MACC at (517) 241-4011,

or by visiting the MACC website at www.michigan.gov/arts.

The Holland Museum’s mission is Preserving Our Past, Imagining Our Future. The Holland

Museum is located at the corner of 10th Street and River Avenue, across from Centennial Park at

31 West 10th Street.