Burns: Cambria County Historical Society receives $4,000 grant

Rep. Frank Burns    May 11, 2018 | 3:14 PM

EBENSBURG, May 11 – State Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, today announced the award of a $4,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to the Cambria County Historical Society.

Burns said the Cultural and Historical Support Grant comes from a program designed to strengthen Pennsylvania’s museum community, by supporting general operations of eligible museums and official county historical societies not supported by other state agency funding programs.

“These state funds will assist with the operation of the county’s historical society, which is a fixture in the fabric of our community,” Burns said. “I’m pleased to see them receiving a share of the monies earmarked statewide for this important purpose.”

Award amounts are determined using an equation based on a percentage of the eligible museum’s previous year’s operating budget, and the maximum any museum could receive is $50,000, Burns said.

Statewide, the PHMC awarded almost $2 million in grants to 142 eligible museums and official county historical societies from 55 counties.

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