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Virginia Humanities, the state humanities council, announced last week that the Brownsburg Museum had received a grant for its new “Interwoven” exhibit.
The $13,550 grant was among 30 grants awarded to nonprofit organizations in its latest round of grants between last November and March.
“Interwoven: Unearthed Stories of Slavery” opened in the Brownsburg Museum last month.
As stated in the description from the Virginia Humanities, the exhibit combines “descendants’ perspectives, local history, and multimedia elements, including contemporary photographs and a church pew from a 19th-century Black church.” It also explores the “intertwined roles of slavery and religion.”
“It is such an honor to receive a grant from an organization that does so much to connect Virginians with their history and culture,” said Julie Fox, the Brownsburg Museum board chair and exhibit organizer.
“The Brownsburg Museum is grateful to Virginia Humanities,” she continued. “We are a unique, volunteer collaboration of students, artists, designers, historians, academics, and local residents who worked tirelessly for over a year to bring this moving story to the attention of the public.”
The grant, Fox said, will cover part of the expense of the museum’s most costly exhibit to date.
Funds will go toward the cost of educational material the museum is providing to school groups who visit the museum; printing the exhibit catalogue, the information booklet that accompanies the exhibit, and promotional material; travel expenses for descendants who gave hours of their time for in-depth interviews; and part of the salaries for two of the artists.
“We believe that the impact the exhibit will have on visitors and the awareness it will raise is invaluable,” said Fox.
The museum is open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m.
