Cooperative Agreement P16AC00009

The Dubuque County Historical Society, doing business as the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, has been awarded a $297,912 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund a stakeholder-engaged interpretive planning initiative to produce a new master interpretive plan for the museum's expanded 14-acre campus and 2-acre heritage site. The plan will include recommendations to integrate the goals of...

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) received a $458,007 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop the "My Mississippi: Virtual Visits and Shared Storytelling" program. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development CFDA program, MDAH will create a series of behind-the-scenes virtual tours for the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The...

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks received a $1.45 million Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service to support renovations at LeFleur's Bluff State Park in Jackson, Mississippi under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning federal grant program (CFDA 15.916). The grant will fund renovations to park facilities in the Mayes Lake area, including repair and upgrades to the entrance gatehouse, picnic pavilion and...

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) was awarded a $266,669 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The grant will support MDAH's efforts to inventory, catalog, rehouse, and prepare for curation a collection of over 2,000 archaeological sites across Mississippi representing 14,000 years of human occupation in the Southeast. MDAH staff archaeologists will supervise the...

The State of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks will use a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service to improve accessibility at Clear Creek Park in Mize, Mississippi. Funded through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916), the project involves installing accessible playground equipment and restroom improvements. The playground enhancements are designed to develop sensory, motor,...

The City of Dayton was awarded a $171,350 Project Grant from the National Park Service's Mississippi National River and Recreation Area State and Local Assistance program (CFDA 15.941) to construct two new national water trail access points at Goodin Park and Elsie Stevens Park. The grant will fund engineering, design, and construction of ADA-compliant river access facilities, including specialized signage that meets national water trail standards. This project aims to enhance public access...

The U.S. Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded a $3,440,961 Project Grant to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052) on December 19, 2024. Through a sub-award, MDEQ will implement the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) Creative Complex project to support the promotion of tourism in the Gulf Coast region. The project will fund the construction of an Education Pavilion and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service has awarded a $180,000 Project Grant under the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area State and Local Assistance program (CFDA 15.941) to the Three Rivers Park District in Plymouth, Minnesota. This grant, with a performance period from August 23, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund projects focused on enhancing public access, recreational opportunities, and interpretive experiences along the Mississippi National River and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service Midwest Region awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area State and Local Assistance program (CFDA 15.941) to the Three Rivers Park District, a local government entity in Minnesota. The grant funding will be used to convert an existing at-grade, mid-block regional trail crossing into a grade-separated crossing via a 14-foot wide, 10-foot high concrete box culvert. Additionally, the...

The Mississippi Museum of Art received a $200,000 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program to develop educational resources and curriculum focused on the Great Migration. The museum will create a critical reader textbook and higher education coursework centered around its upcoming "A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration" exhibition,...