Cooperative Agreement P19AC01139

The Denver Art Museum received a $395,283 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to implement critical environmental improvements in its storage area. Funded under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), the 13-month project will install 40 new storage screens for oversized, two-dimensional artworks impacting the museum's Asian, Indigenous, Latin American, Modern and Contemporary, and Photography collections. Work will include pre-move inventory tasks,...

The Philbrook Museum of Art received a $444,880 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (MFA) program to expand and improve its permanent storage capacity. The grant will enable the museum to convert an existing library space into a modern, efficient storage area to alleviate overcrowding in its permanent collections. Project activities include assessing the condition of paintings being relocated, updating the collections management...

This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will provide $269,276 to the A.T. Still University of Health Sciences in Kirksville, Missouri to improve the collections storage environment and enhance the care of the museum's 90,000 artifacts. The project will involve temporarily relocating the artifacts, deconstructing the existing shelving, and installing a new high-density mobile shelving system, which...

This $679,469 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will support the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art's preparation for a move to a new downtown Memphis riverfront facility. Key activities include: Safely packing, relocating, and reinstalling over 10,000 art objects from the museum's collection. This effort will utilize custom boxes and crates, and involve the museum's registrars, art handlers, and contract fine art...

This $531,011 federal Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program supports The Witte Museum's efforts to improve the care and management of its 50,000-artifact Texas history collection. Key project activities include purchasing specialized storage equipment, cataloging and rehousing the collection, and training volunteers to process the artifacts and update catalog records. This work will enable the museum to...

The Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi received a $104,674 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program. Funded from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022, the grant will support the museum's purchase and installation of new storage furniture to properly house and increase public access to its permanent collection. A 2019 preservation needs assessment revealed the museum vault lacks adequate storage...

The New York Historical Society received a $437,881 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to centralize storage and improve care and management of its landmark American paintings collection. Under the award, the Society will install 23 large-scale painting screens to house over 400 paintings, including masterpieces from its existing collection and 100 additional works from the Robert L. Stuart Collection acquired to document and...

The University Museum at Southern Illinois University will use a $350,437 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.301 - Museums for America) to improve the stewardship of its collections. Over the 2-year grant period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025, museum staff will inventory approximately 11,000 objects from the South and Central American, American History, and 3-dimensional Contemporary Art collections. This will involve training staff in collections...

The Tudor Place Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization in Washington, DC, received a $725,441 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the foundation's efforts to improve the management and care of its collection and archive through the purchase and installation of high-quality storage equipment. The project consolidates over 30 dispersed storage locations into a single purpose-built...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) program to SUL Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. The grant will fund improvements to the storage and preservation of the Museum of the Big Bend's historic map collection. Key activities include hiring a curator to research the collection provenance, undertake professional development, and develop a catalog; addressing environmental issues in the storage area; and...