[MCN] Historical Museum at Fort Missoula Awarded $533, 000 Grant to Preserve & Interpret Japanese American Confinement Sites

[Jessie Rogers]

The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula is honored to receive a 2021 Japanese American Confinement Sites grant worth $533,000.

An effort of the National Parks Service, the program recognizes the Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander communities and honors their rich heritage dating back thousands of years, their contributions that shaped the history of the United States, and the ways in which moments in history dramatically influenced their lives.

The funds will help restore and reconstruct two original World War II Alien Detention Center barracks at the Historical Museum for the purpose of creating an immersive interpretive space and state-of-the-art collections storage. The grant will improve the museum's ability to serve our community, increase tourism and honor the 2,200 men of Japanese and Italian descent who were wrongly imprisoned at Fort Missoula during the war.

Additional information: https://missoulacountyblog.com/2021/05/21/historical-museum-at-fort-missoula-awarded-533000-grant-to-preserve-interpret-japanese-american-confinement-sites/

Matt Lautzenheiser, Historical Museum at Fort Missoula executive director, is available to answer additional questions at mlautzenheiser at missoulacounty.us<mailto:mlautzenheiser at missoulacounty.us> or
406-258-3471.


Jessie Rogers
Development & Communications Director
The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula

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