Historic Chalet Receives Grant

The Chalet of the Golden Fleece Museum in New Glarus, Wisconsin, received a grant for $4,311 from the New Glarus Community Foundation, a component of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, Inc. to support their building restoration project.
The grant money will fund the repainting the first-floor storm windows on the west side of the building, replacing the decorative serpent eaves trough terminals, and repairing the front porch steps and railing. The Friends of the Chalet of the Golden Fleece, a group of volunteers that support the museum, applied for the grant online.
“The Friends have been supporting the museum for the past five years. We’ve accomplished quite a bit in that time frame, including conducting a historical condition report; getting the building on the State and National Historic Registers and operating it as a museum again. The support of the New Glarus Community Foundation has been vital to our success. They have funded new signage for the museum, the purchase of tarnish proof cloth for our silver collection, replaced the rotting logs on our roof and much more.  It truly is a great feeling to be recognized by this group as worthy of multiple grant awards in the past five years,” said Chairman of the Friends, Sandy Blum.
The Chalet of the Golden Fleece is one of three authentic Swiss style chalets in Wisconsin. Not only does the restoration project help preserve the building, but it also keeps the exterior welcoming and attractive for the visitors.
For more information on the Friends, email them at nggoldenfleece@gmail.com and be sure to visit the museum next summer, opening on May 26th.
For more information on the Community Foundation, contact Linda Gebhardt at (608) 328-4060 or visit their website at www.cfsw.org. The Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin serves nine Wisconsin counties: Crawford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, Sauk, Vernon and Walworth.