Project Grant 010608903

The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis will receive $301,431 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to conduct audience engagement research and evaluation from September 2022 to August 2024. The museum will work with three consultants to gather input from internal and external stakeholders through focus groups and surveys to identify strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in current audience engagement efforts. Based on research findings,...

The University of Pennsylvania's Penn Museum will launch the "Museums: Missions and Acquisitions" (M2A) project, which is funded by a $1,103,699 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. The M2A project will investigate current policies and practices surrounding museum collections through focus groups, interviews, desk research, field-wide surveys, and continued data collection...

The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum will develop an interpretive plan for its new permanent exhibit under a $596,726 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. Museum staff will partner with content, exhibit, media, and evaluation professionals to create the plan between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2025. Activities will include research on African American history, art, and culture in Pinellas...

This $369,186 National Science Foundation project grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) will fund research at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to advance understanding of human perception, behavior and learning in museum environments. Using computational methods including 3D motion capture and machine learning, the Museum Associates organization will transform a LACMA gallery into a laboratory to study visitor interactions with artworks and...

The University of Montana was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301) to partner with the Missoula Public Library on improving the design and outcomes of their programs. The key activities include conducting staff training on evaluation tools and techniques, developing an evaluation framework, and participating in the Collaborating on Ongoing Visitor Engagement Survey (COVES) program to...

This $559,824 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will support The San Antonio Children's Museum, also known as The DoSeum, in creating a traveling version of its current exhibition "Uniquely Us: Understanding Race and Building Unity." The exhibition is designed for audiences ages 0-7 and will provide age-appropriate resources on race and racism. The project involves developing experiential and...

The Cincinnati Museum Center will fabricate and install the exhibit "Ancient Worlds Hiding in Plain Sight" under a $500,017 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program. Combining the museum's invertebrate paleontology collection with new technology, the exhibit will blend science, history, and technology to showcase the prehistoric environment of Cincinnati. Key activities during the September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024 period of...

The Exploratorium will develop affordable, portable STEAM exhibits and at-home learning experiences in partnership with Community Science Workshops under a $499,850 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program. Through the grant period of September 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025, The Exploratorium will collaborate with CSWS to design 8-10 exhibits and accompanying digital lessons to enable STEAM learning in underserved communities across...

The National Liberty Museum received a $657,749 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 effort to create a formalized structure for engaging the community in planning, designing, and implementing exhibitions and programming about liberty. Museum staff will work with community members to form advisory boards and co-curate three exhibitions focused on youth movements, street art,...

The West End Museum was awarded a $184,323 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The two-year grant will enable the museum to expand its reach and better engage the greater Boston community. Key activities include: Offering approximately 100 targeted pilot programs and events to assess and revise current offerings and develop new programs Purchasing programming supplies, equipment, marketing materials, and...