1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for grants to children's
1.3 museums.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CHILDREN'S MUSEUM GRANTS.
1.6 (a) $1,525,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,525,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated
1.7from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Humanities
1.8Center for grants to children's museums for interactive exhibits and outreach programs on
1.9arts and cultural heritage. Of this amount:
1.10 (1) $175,000 each year is for The Works, Bloomington;
1.11 (2) $125,000 each year is for the WonderTrek Children's Museum, Brainerd-Baxter;
1.12 (3) $100,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Center, Breckenridge;
1.13 (4) $125,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth;
1.14 (5) $100,000 each year is for the Otter Cove Children's Museum, Fergus Falls;
1.15 (6) $100,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Grand Rapids;
1.16 (7) $100,000 each year is for the Wheel and Cog Children's Museum, Hutchinson;
1.17 (8) $175,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota, Mankato;
1.18 (9) $175,000 each year is for the Great River Children's Museum, St. Cloud;
1.19 (10) $100,000 each year is for The Village Children's Museum, Willmar;
1.20 (11) $100,000 each year is for the Mini Sota Ag Museum, Benson; and
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1901NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MCEWEN, Lang, Hauschild, Rasmusson and Frentz)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/27/2025
Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy 2.1 (12) $150,000 each year is for the SPARK Children's Museum, Rochester.
2.2 (b) To be eligible for a grant under this section, an organization must be an exempt entity
2.3that meets the definition for children's museums under Internal Revenue Service activity
2.4code A52.
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