Project Grant 18625704420

Federal Grant Award Summary The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (BSNM), operating as the Center For African American Military History, Inc., received a $585,750 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309). The award, obligated on October 1, 2025, supports a three-year living history initiative (through September 30, 2028) that highlights the legacy of African American soldiers,...

The 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum will receive $291,000 through a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. The funding will support the design and installation of five learning stations to enhance the visitor experience and understanding of the history and contributions of America's Buffalo Soldiers from 1866 to 1944. A newly hired preservation and museum specialist will...

The Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina will receive $376,696 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to design and implement the United States Colored Troops Sculpture Interpretation Project. The Museum will tell the story of 1,600 local soldiers who fought for the Union at the Battle of Forks Road through the interpretation of a new sculpture site and sculpture by North Carolina artist Stephen Hayes...

The 9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum received a $681,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2028. The award supports historic preservation planning and collections stewardship activities to advance public access to the museum's art, history, and cultural artifacts representing Buffalo Soldiers heritage....

The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum received a $977,535 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309) for a one-year project period commencing October 1, 2025 and concluding September 30, 2026. The primary deliverables include the design, fabrication, and installation of four new immersive museum exhibits featuring interactive, multi-sensory displays, augmented reality (AR), virtual...

The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum will receive $150,000 through a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture federal grant program to improve collections care and access. Specifically, over the two-year project period from July 2022 through June 2024, the Museum will catalog and digitize more than 4,000 items in its African American military collection. It will also provide staff with collections...

Federal Grant Award Summary The African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation received a $264,400 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), awarded on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027. The primary deliverable is the cataloging and digitization of the Banneker Collection, one of the largest collections of Benjamin Banneker and Ellicott Family materials in the United States. This...

The Buffalo Soldiers Museum received a $410,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309), awarded on October 1, 2025. The museum will develop a comprehensive architectural design plan for the interior preservation and renovation of the historic Fort Lawton 25th Infantry Band Building, which will serve as the new location for the museum. Deliverables include detailed interior...

The International African American Museum received $814,610 in federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309). The award, effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028, supports a comprehensive project to preserve, interpret, and expand access to a rare collection of nineteenth-century daguerreotypes. Key deliverables include the development of an ethical interpretive framework,...

The Museum of Boulder, in partnership with the Boulder Public Library and Boulder County NAACP Chapter, will receive $500,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to develop activities highlighting the history of Black people in Colorado from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. Over the three-year period of performance in Boulder, CO, the Museum of Boulder will employ a community-centered process to develop an...