State History

State Regional Economic Development Councils award over $33 million to 56 projects statewide in the museum and history field. Congratulations to all those who were awarded a grant! Visit the REDC website for more information on the grant program: https://regionalcouncils.ny.gov/2021-awards

Below is a list of all of the awarded projects.

Albany County
Albany County Historical Association $283,350
City of Cohoes: Historic City Hall $500,000
City of Cohoes: Historic City Hall $1,050,000
Erie Canalway Heritage Fund $484,481
Historic Albany Foundation $500,000

Broome County
Roberson Museum and Science Center $10,165

Cayuga County
City of Auburn: NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center $300,000
Seward House Museum $500,000

Clinton County
Town of Clinton: Battlefield Memorial Gateway Park $900,000

Columbia County:
Columbia County Historical Society $75,500
Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society $500,000
The Olana Partnership $1,868,776
The Olana Partnership $1,400,000

Dutchess County
Friends of Mills Mansion $30,500

Erie County
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy $92,901
Preservation Buffalo Niagara $500,000
The Committee for the Buffalo Religions Arts Center $392,217

Franklin County
Historic Saranac Lake $500,000
The Wild Center: Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks $650,475

Greene County
335 Main Street LLC $1,914,059
Thomas Cold Historic House $360,000
Wylder Windham LLC $750,000

New York City
Green-Wood Historic Fund $1,500,000
Children’s Museum of Manhattan $1,500,000
Museum of the City of New York $248,500
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation $3,720,188
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation $363,163
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art $750,000
Westbeth Corp. $500,000

Madison County
Oneida Community Mansion House $500,000
Village of Morrisville: Morrisville Engine House $59,775

Monroe County
City of Rochester: High Falls Visitor Center $2,000,000
City of Rochester: High Falls Water Works $500,000
George Eastman Museum $50,000
George Eastman Museum $397,500
The Strong National Museum of Play $225,000

Montgomery County
Greater Mohawk Valley Land Bank $200,000

Niagara County
Village of Middleport: Middleport Canal $123,200

Oneida County
Uptown Theatre for Creative Arts $500,000

Onondaga County
Discovery Center of Science and Technology $250,000
Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse and Onondaga County $800,000

Otsego County
Fenimore Art Museum $104,063
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum $225,000

Rensselaer County
Village of Valley Falls: Historic Valley Falls $125,000

Seneca County
National Women’s Hall of Fame $500,000

St. Lawrence County
Village of Potsdam: Potsdam Public Museum $127,500

Steuben County
Village of Bath: Bath Liberty Street Historic District $20,000

Suffolk County
Bayard Cutting Arboretum Horticultural Society $750,000
Friends of Connetquot $46,651
Long Island Science Center $1,120,000

Tioga County
Village of Owego: Historic Owego Police Station $468,416

Tompkins County
Friends of Stewart Park $500,000

Ulster County
Hudson River Maritime Museum $240,000

Warren County
The Hyde Collection $137,394

Westchester County
Historic Hudson Valley $600,000
Sing Sing Prison Museum $480,480