The Preservation Society of Fall River was awarded a Cultural Sector Recovery Grant for Organizations from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for $10,490.

In FY23, Mass Cultural Council’s Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Organizations offered unrestricted grants ranging from $5,000-$75,000 to Massachusetts cultural organizations, collectives, and businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Preservation Society has earmarked the grant for the HVAC project in the future museum space at the Dr. Isaac Fiske House — a Fall River Underground Railroad Site on Pine Street.

The HVAC project will begin Fall 2023 and make the space designated for the Dr. Isaac Fiske Fall River Underground Railroad Museum climate controlled ahead of other capital projects and its future opening.