2 Ridgefield Museums Score Coronavirus Relief Grants

RIDGEFIELD, CT — Two museums in town are the recipients of grants meant to offset lost income due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum was awarded $45,454, and the Keeler Tavern Museum was gifted 22,727, from CT Humanities' COVID Relief Fund for Museums.

In total, CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts through an allocation from the CARES Act, provided $1.5 million in grants. The funds are meant to help larger non-profit museums and humanities organizations recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We are deeply grateful to CT Humanities for their significant grant to The Aldrich through the COVID Relief Fund for Museums. During this incredibly challenging time, this support for some of our most essential expenses is truly extraordinary," said Cybele Maylone, executive director of The Aldrich.

The funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more.