INDIANAPOLIS — Through its Heritage Support Grants program, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) awarded more than $45,000 in October 2022 to 10 local historical societies and organizations representing nine Indiana counties.
The IHS’s Heritage Support Grants program supports local, county and regional historical societies, museums and sites. The grants fund projects that meet high-priority needs in the areas of Collections Stewardship, DEAI (Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion), Sustainability and Planning.
Heritage Support Grants are provided by the Indiana Historical Society and made possible by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The current iteration of the program will award $2.5 million to local historical organizations until 2024. Learn more at www.indianahistory.org/grants.
The most recent recipients include the Genealogical Society of Marion County, which received $4,900 to replace an outdated microfilm viewer. The new system will ensure current microfilmed assets can continue to be used as the organization prepares for future digitization projects.
In addition, the Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Inc., in Marion County received $4,500 to install an exhibit in the Federal Court Learning Center. The interactive exhibit will raise awareness about the role of the federal court system and will feature key historic cases in Indiana.