QUESTION:  I AM A GRANT WRITER FOR THE SISTERS OIF THE ORDER OF SAINT
BENEDICT IN ST. JOSEPH, MINNESOTA.  I AM INQUIRING ABOUT GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSEUMS MENTIONED IN THE PAG-net NEWSLETTER.

MY QUESTION IS: IS THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES, AVAILABLE TO MONASTERY MUSEUMS
THAT HAVE AS THEIR PURPOSE, TO SHARE CULTURE RATHER THAN TO  PROMOTE
RELIGION?

TO GIVE YOU AN CAP-SIZED IDEA OF OUR ART AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS: 

THE SISTERS OF THE ORDER OF SAINT BENEDICT HAVE A NEWLY-ESTABLISHED ART
AND HERITAGE PLACE, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO SHARE THEIR ART AND
CULTURAL HERITAGE WITH THE PUBLIC. THEY HAVE CULTIVATED THE ARTS  OVER
THE 140+ YEARS OF THEIR LIVES IN MINNESOTA AND HAVE COLLECTED MORE THAN
4000 ARTIFACTS OF THEIR HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY. THE SISTERS  HAVE NOW
BUILT AN ART AND HERITAGE PLACE THAT OPENED IN FALL 2000. SINCE THEN
ALMOST 5000 VISITORS HAVE VISITED, INCLUDING PEOPLE FROM 42 STATES AND
25 COUNTRIES OF 6 CONTINENTS.  

If you have questions, i can be reached at 320-363-7047 or via e-mail.
Thank you!

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