This federal Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the Lower East Side Tenement Museum Inc. in producing and implementing an interactive, multimedia "Counter-History" exhibit at their visitor center. The exhibit will elevate the museum's family history approach, make its sources more visible, and thematically connect historic and contemporary migration stories. It...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $181,039 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum Inc. The grant will support "Under One Roof: Teaching Immigration and Black History Through the NYC Tenements," a new series of two one-week, residential workshops for 60 middle and high school educators. These workshops, to be held at the Tenement Museum in New York City in July...
This $498,763 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will enable City Lore Inc., a New York-based non-profit cultural organization, to create exhibitions and programming focused on immigrant communities. The exhibitions will explore topics such as women in blues, Cuban music, J'Ouvert festival traditions, and LGBTQ+ house ballroom culture, and will be held in locations across New York,...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region awarded a $210,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. The primary goal is to develop a program of research, technical assistance, and education to address resource issues using cultural sciences. The recipient, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - doing business as Clinical Practices of the University of...
The National Park Service awarded the National Council on Public History a $163,727 cooperative agreement under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946) to conduct historical research and community engagement activities at Pecos National Historical Park from July 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. Through this funding, the National Council on Public History will provide a project historian to complete primary and secondary source research, 15-20 oral history interviews, and...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $566,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946) to the Ford's Theatre Society (FTS) to support a range of cultural resource stewardship activities and educational programming. Under this award, FTS will produce three mainstage theatrical productions for approximately 60,000 audience members, as well as provide educational opportunities including student matinees, guided and virtual field trips, oratory...
This $121,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will help rehabilitate adobe museum buildings at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park in Tubac, Arizona. Funded through the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program, the award to Friends of the Tubac Presidio and Museum Inc. will support repairs such as stucco work and upgrades to electrical and mechanical systems at several adobe structures that house exhibits and programs....
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $416,962.57 Cooperative Agreement to the Museum of Northern Arizona Inc. on September 3, 2024 under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946). The project focuses on the dissemination of information developed by the National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) program related to best practices in disposition and repatriation. The museum, a non-profit organization specializing in cultural resource management and...
The National Park Service awarded a $7,000,000 Project Grant under the Land and Water Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.916 Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning) to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, doing business as Fiscal Management. This funding will support the demolition and reconstruction of the exterior façade, railings, roof, lighting, and pavers at a park in New York City. The project aims to improve visitor access and safety by...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award P24AC02110, totaling $847,249.03, was granted by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946). This award supports a broad range of research, operational, and educational activities across cultural resource stewardship, including inventory, monitoring, research, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, documentation, data recovery, education, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Key project...