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Stroudsburg, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm in the Pocono Mountains received a $6,000 Preservation Assistance Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This grant will help Quiet Valley develop a better emergency disaster response plan.

NEH grants are typically awarded to cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries, colleges, universities, public television, and radio stations as well as to individual scholars. Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm is a non-profit, living-history museum preserving 19th century Pennsylvania German agricultural heritage. They are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and offer a host of tours as well as re-enactments of daily life on the farm.

“With the support from the NEH, Quiet Valley is able to update their emergency plan to ensure visitor safety and to care for their artifacts and farm animals,” said Rep. Cartwright, a member of the Appropriations Committee.  “I will continue to be an advocate for grants that help organizations like Quiet Valley preserve our regional history and provide access to educational experiences in Pennsylvania and throughout the country.”

“Quiet Valley plans to use the funds from this grant to hire a consultant to help develop a more current and all-encompassing Emergency Preparedness Plan to improve the museum’s ability to respond in a time of extraordinary circumstances such as a fire, flood, or other event. We aspire to do this because it shows a commitment to best practices in our field,” said Katherine Muller, Project Director of Quiet Valley. “Quiet Valley is excited to receive this award as it moves us one-step closer to accreditation with the American Alliance of Museums. Quiet Valley has received several federal and state grants in the past including the three part Museum Assessment Program, a Department of Environmental Protection grant, and a United States Department of Agriculture grant.”  

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency created in 1965. It is one of the largest funders of humanities programs in the United States. Because democracy demands wisdom, NEH serves and strengthens our republic by promoting excellence in the humanities and conveying the lessons of history to all Americans. The Endowment accomplishes this mission by awarding grants for top-rated proposals examined by panels of independent, external reviewers.