$350,000 grant raises questions for assembly and museum board

The award of a $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections grant to renovate the Haines Sheldon Museum’s climate control system has put a difficult question to the Haines Borough Assembly: Should members commit roughly $500,000 in borough funds and staff time, the match required to complete the project, or should they direct the museum’s board to return the grant?

The museum’s board of trustees put this question to assembly…