The Cape Cod Antiques Dealers Association established the Cultural Enrichment Fund in 2010. The purpose of this fund is to provide grants to Cape Cod historical associations, museums, cultural centers, and libraries for programs that will add to the public’s appreciation of antiques and heritage.
Priscilla Hutchinson presents the 2012 grant to Desiree Mobed (center), Director of the Harwich Historical Society Brooks Academy Museum, and Charlotte Singer (left), Vice President of the Harwich Historical Society.
The grants are awarded within the following guidelines:
- Seed money for new projects.
- Assistance in completion of a current project.
- Acquisition of an artifact, collection, or other object appropriate to the applying institution.
- Conservation of a previously owned or newly acquired object.
- Support of an educational project.
Each grant will be in the amount of $1000 or less.
2012 Grantees
- Historical Society of Old Yarmouth – the conservation of a 1795 town map.
Duncan Oliver, Trustee of the Old Yarmouth Historical Society, accepts the 2012 grant from Priscilla Hutchinson, Chair, CCADA Cultural Enrichment Committee
- Harwich Historical Society- to clean and restore a Charles D. Cahoon painting, “Ice Boating on Long Pond”.
- Osterville Historical Society-to purchase digital frame for digitized postcard collection.
- Truro Historical Society-to purchase display cases for Native American artifacts.
- Wellfleet Historical Society-to support their educational “Treasure Chest” project.
- The grants were presented to the recipients January 26, 2013 at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod.
2011 Grantees
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Jennifer Williams, Executive Director of the Osterville Historical Museum, accepts the 2012 grant from Priscilla Hutchinson.
- Falmouth Museums on the Green to purchase items for a newly restored bedroom
- Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit to preserve and digitally scan a collection of early photographs
- Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum to protect and frame a recently conserved Civil War “Banner of Volunteers”
- Yarmouth Port Library to help conserve a ship model in their collection
The grants were presented to the recipients January 26, 2012 at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod.
Information for Prospective Applicants
2012 grant recipient Andrea Pluhar (center), Wellfleet Historical Society Board Member and Education Committee Member, with Priscilla Hutchinson (left), and Barbara Adams, member of CCADA Board of Directors.
Institutions are invited to apply for the 2013 grants by letter no later than October 15, 2013. The letter should include a detailed description of the project stating what they hope to achieve with the help of the grant. Supporting documents and photographs would be helpful. Proof of 501(c)3 certification is required. The recipients will be notified in December 2013 and awarded in January 2014. For further information, please contact Priscilla Hutchinson, Chairman of the Cultural Enrichment Fund: 508 694 6288 or prihuthc@comcast.net