The bill appropriates a total of $3,000,000 from the arts and cultural heritage fund for children's museums in Minnesota, with $1,500,000 allocated for each of the fiscal years 2024 and 2025. The funds are designated for grants to support interactive exhibits and outreach programs focused on arts and cultural heritage. The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Humanities Center will oversee the distribution of these grants.
Specifically, the bill outlines that each of ten children's museums will receive $150,000 annually. The museums benefiting from this funding include The Works in Bloomington, WonderTrek Children's Museum in Brainerd-Baxter, Children's Discovery Center in Breckenridge, Duluth Children's Museum, Otter Cove Children's Museum in Fergus Falls, Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids, Wheel and Cog Children's Museum in Hutchinson, Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota in Mankato, Great River Children's Museum in St. Cloud, and The Village Children's Museum in Willmar.