PARTNERS
Partner Meetings
January 22, 2024
Watkins Museum of History
Lawrence, KS
March 18, 2024
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum
Independence, MO
May 20, 2024
Shawnee Town 1929
Shawnee, KS
September 16, 2024
Kansas City Museum
Kansas City, MO
November 18, 2024
Carnegie Library/Freedom’s Frontier NHA
Lawrence, KS
March 20, 2023
Wyeth-Tootle Mansion
St. Joseph, MO
May 15, 2023
Bushwhacker Museum
Nevada, MO
July 10, 2023
Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum
Baxter Springs, KS
September 18, 2023
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Park
Topeka, KS
November 13, 2023
Carnegie Library/Freedom’s Frontier NHA
Lawrence, KS
FFNHA Education Grants
Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area does not want funding to keep you from learning opportunities! Our grants are designed to contribute between $1 and $250 toward helping K-12 grade students learn more regarding the three themes about which we’re passionate (and exist to highlight)! A teacher may benefit from only one of the following Education Grants in each semester of a given school year, though exemptions may apply if the class or student groups are different. You do not have to request the maximum amount. There are no deadlines for applications; rolling requests will be accepted until the year’s funding is gone.
We offer funding options for field trips to our partner site(s) inside the 41 Kansas and Missouri counties of Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area. They must include a minimum of 15 K-12 student participants. Non-partner destinations within the heritage area or smaller groups can potentially be approved on a case-by-case basis.
We know that, even with help, some schools would still struggle to send students to a place to learn about our themes. Therefore, we are also willing to help bring that content to your classroom in the form of speakers or lessons, up to a cost of $250! We may also be able to help send a teacher to a related workshop or program to grow as a professional and bring back new perspectives or updated content to their school. You do not need to request the full amount – even small purchases are eligible! If your request would exceed $250, please contact us with more information to see if we can help you find other options.
FFNHA Project Grants
Established to assist qualified partnering organizations with telling the nationally significant stories of the heritage area’s main themes, FFNHA Project Grants award up to $3,000 for projects that interpret your site’s story and connect it to the heritage area’s rich history.
Other Grants
Visit our Grants page to learn about other grant opportunities for FFNHA partners.
Other Resources
Extraordinary events in Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area forever changed America. In the nineteenth century, the nation turned its eyes to the Missouri-Kansas border, where peoples with diverse definitions of freedom collided, inciting and fueling a Civil War. The impact of these events is forever woven into the nation’s fabric.
Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area (FFNHA) welcomes you as a partner in working toward a heritage area that is responsive to the needs of our region and preserving our shared heritage. Working together, we can create a strong heritage area that provides many benefits, including:
Collective Wisdom
Connect to historic sites, museums, tourism organizations in 41-county region to learn from one another.
Project Grants
Up to $3000 in individual grants for projects that interpret the themes of Freedom’s Frontier: Settling the Frontier, Border War, Enduring Struggle for Freedom.
Workshops
Free or low-cost workshops to help museums and partners sites better tell their piece of the Freedom’s Frontier story.
Marketing
Cooperative advertising opportunities and marketing through the website and printed material of Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area.
Technical Assistance
Consult with staff for suggestions on how to improve site interpretation, educational programs, marketing, operations, etc.
Other Opportunities
Partner with Freedom’s Frontier and other historic sites and museums as opportunities arise to promote and interpret our region’s important history.
Sign our partnership pledge and become an FFNHA partner.
- Project Grants
- Bus on Us
- Education Materials Grants
