Cooperative Agreement R18AC00028

The Philbrook Museum of Art received a $934,795 Save America's Treasures grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA Program 15.929) to safeguard and preserve its Native art collection, which includes 20th-century basketry, pottery, paintings, and jewelry. The grant funding will be used to coordinate the installation of fire suppression and new smoke detection systems, as well as to outfit storage and gallery areas with security cameras and access control panels. This...

The National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri received a $727,233 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA #45.301) program. The purpose of this two-year award is to digitize over 1,500 objects from the museum's collection, including posters, maps, camp newspapers, and oral histories, and make them available to the public through the museum's online collections database. The project will involve working with a...

The Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) was awarded a $3,440,961 Project Grant from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council's Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052) to support the construction of the Education Pavilion and Shoreline Garden features of the museum's Creative Complex. This award, made on December 19, 2024, will be implemented through a subaward with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). The Creative Complex is a 15,000 square foot expansion of the...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID MG256076OMS24, was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. The $1,231,500 grant will support Voices In Contemporary Art Inc. (Voca), a non-profit organization, in developing the capacity of art museum professionals across the United States in artist-centered stewardship practices. Through 18 workshops attended by teams from over 200 museums, the project will...

The Wisconsin Historical Society was awarded a $729,154 Federal Project Grant under the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program to preserve and restore the Baggage Horse Barn, one of nine historic buildings in the Ringling Brothers Circus Winter Quarters National Historic Landmark District in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The total project budget is $1,458,740, with the Society providing $729,586 in cost-share matching funds. This grant will enable critical structural repairs, masonry...

The Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) received a $488,844 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The funding will support a range of programming and exhibits related to the opening of RMSC's "Hodinosyo:nih (Haudenosaunee) Continuity, Innovation, and Resilience" exhibit. Key activities include: Partnering with the Ganondagan State Historic Site and Friends of Ganondagan to offer...

The New-York Historical Society received a $400,634 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to build staff cultural competency in accessibility and improve K-12 programming for students with disabilities. The project will create sustainable systems and structures to ensure all programs account for the needs of students with disabilities, establish consistent accessibility training for museum education staff, and...

The Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith, NY was awarded a $148,068 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund the museum's efforts to draft and implement an updated interpretive master plan to strengthen connections between the site's history and larger global systems and conditions. This project will involve contracting with a consultant to assist in writing the plan, drafting interpretation...

The Nebraska Historical Society received a $350,000 project grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to fund historic preservation construction projects in communities of 30,000 or less residents across Nebraska. The grant period runs from September 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under the award, subgrants of $20,000 to $50,000 will support needed repairs and rehabilitation work on six historic...

The National Museum of Forest Service History was awarded a $687,340 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929). The grant funds will be used to install storage cabinetry, environmental controls, and physical security systems in the museum's new National Conservation Legacy Center facility. Project activities include upgrading the HVAC system, implementing microclimate generators, fire detection and suppression...