Project Grant 18082224418

The Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii was awarded a $513,137 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The award supports the launch of "Ka Ula Wena: Oceanic Red", an exhibition organized by Native Hawaiian curators in partnership with Hawaiian and Pacific knowledge-holders. The exhibition will highlight rarely seen cultural objects from the museum's collections as well as Oceanic objects on loan that feature the...

The Hula Preservation Society received a $204,181 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (NANH-Museums) to develop five virtual exhibitions providing insight into 20th century Hawaii. Using resources from its digital archives, the Society will gather content and develop online infrastructure for the exhibitions, implement associated public programming, and launch a social media campaign to...

The Friends of Iolani Palace received a $199,650 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program (CFDA 45.149). The funding will support hiring a Museum Curator and Director of Learning Engagement to maintain and develop interpretive and educational programs at Iolani Palace, a National Historic Landmark located in Hawaii. Specifically, the two new positions will evaluate existing...

The Daughters of Hawaii received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to sustain and expand public humanities programs at two royal palaces in Hawaii. The organization will reinterpret tours and exhibits at the palaces to highlight the untold stories of Hawaii's queens and princesses, and recognize their visionary contributions to transforming social, economic, and education conditions....

The University of Hawaii at Manoa will digitize 890 motion picture film reels and videotapes from its Henry Kuualoha Moving Image Archive of Hawaii collections in order to provide access to historical materials documenting Hawaii's path to statehood and its varying impacts on native Hawaiian and Japanese American populations from the 1920s to 2000s. Funded by a $1,050,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under its Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation...

The Hawaii State Archives will receive $216,982 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to digitize over 100,000 architectural photographs from the 20th century and make them accessible online in both Hawaiian and English. Specifically, the grant will fund the digitization of high resolution files from more than 40 boxes of photographs, slides, and prints from renowned Hawaiian architects David Franzen...

Papahana Kuaola received a $103,200 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (NANH-Museums, CFDA 45.308) to develop a place-based learning program focused on traditional Hawaiian architecture. Specifically, Papahana Kuaola will partner with cultural practitioners and another Native Hawaiian-serving organization to train staff and high school interns in utilizing traditional and modern techniques to...

The Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission will develop a digital application and data management system to support cultural and environmental restoration efforts on Kaho'olawe Island, Hawaii under a $147,201 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The Commission, a sub-awardee of the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, will design collection protocols, an app, and training to record consistent data in real-time on restoration-related topics....

Hii Paka LLC received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to enhance its efforts sustaining Hawaiian heritage, culture, and community knowledge. The two-year award funds a consulting conservator to complete a general conservation survey of Hii Paka's collections at Waimea Valley, which include Hawaiian cultural sites, native plant collections, and cultural artifacts. The...

The Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture (Inpeace) will design the Loko I'a traveling exhibit under a $117,482 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The exhibit will provide Native Hawaiian youth and families an opportunity to learn about loko i'a, traditional Hawaiian fishponds that are a central land management practice, through interactive and hands-on activities incorporating observational, problem-solving approaches. Inpeace will collect...