Project Grant 18647774421

The Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum will receive $2,044,017 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929) to conduct preservation activities for the USS Bowfin submarine from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The Museum, operating as the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, will drydock the submarine—a key artifact from World War II's Pacific fleet—after towing it from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Preservation work will...

The North Carolina Maritime Museum will receive $211,445 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to improve its conservation laboratory and expand public engagement activities in Beaufort, North Carolina from September 2021 through August 2024. Specifically, the museum will purchase new equipment to increase its conservation capabilities for processing a wider scope of underwater archaeological artifacts from...

Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. will preserve and digitize the newly acquired Witherill Ocean Liner Collection under a $105,086 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929). The Collection documents ocean liners during a period of increased immigration to the United States in the early to mid-20th century, with over 7,500 documents, letters, brochures, and other materials related to maritime history and culture including accounts...

This $199,949 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) supports the "TAKE ME TO THE WATER: HISTORIES OF THE BLACK PACIFIC" project by the Maritime Museum Association of San Diego. The project will produce a gallery exhibit, traveling banner exhibit, small vessel build, and documentary film to extend understanding of the maritime history and roles of people of African descent...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $3,049,396 Cooperative Agreement under the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999) to the American Samoa Department of Port Administration (ASDPA). The purpose of the award is to remove three vessels totaling approximately 400 tons of marine debris from locations in American Samoa, including a sunken vessel and an abandoned vessel in Pago Harbor, as well as a grounded vessel on a reef flat. The vessels will be sectioned,...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded $108,663.59 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Fundacion Amador to connect Panamanians with the military and civilian heritage of Forts Amador and Grant and the intertwined histories of Panama and the U.S. through a permanent outdoor exhibit in the Amador Causeway. The exhibit will be developed and installed between November 2021 and January 2023 to advance national interests and enhance the relationship...

The Independence Seaport Museum was awarded a $108,724 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures program to restore the hull of the cruiser Olympia. Using surface piercing and cofferdam technology, the museum will clean, scale to bare metal, and apply protective epoxy and paint to a section of the historic warship's hull that has suffered extensive oxidation and deterioration caused by abrasion. The conservation project aims to...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded the Portland Art Museum a $4,917,308.34 Project Grant under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) program. The grant funding will support the museum's presentation of the exhibition "The Space in Which to Place Me" featuring artist Jeffrey Gibson at the 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy from July 2023 to November 2024. The Portland Art Museum has...

The Columbia River Maritime Museum will receive $1.2 million under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to preserve the historic Lightship Columbia. Funded through the IMLS's Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929), the project will involve towing the lightship to a Portland shipyard for preservation work from October 2021 through September 2022. Specifically, the museum will install modern bilge pumps and alarms, inspect the electrical system, replace...

This Project Grant award of $963,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) will support the City of Benicia, California in removing eight large abandoned and derelict vessels (ADVs) and other associated marine debris from the Carquinez Strait. This ecologically and economically significant waterway serves as a critical migration corridor for several federally listed fish species and...