Project Grant 19117994423

The Academy Foundation received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support the implementation phase of the Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971 temporary exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Opening in February 2022, the exhibition explores the visual culture of Black cinema from its early days to just after the Civil Rights Movement with the...

This Project Grant award of $142,709 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program will support Old North Illuminated, Inc., doing business as Old North Foundation Bstn Inc., to develop and deliver new interpretive programming at the Old North Church & Historic Site in Massachusetts. Key products and services include hiring a manager and consultant to reimagine the site's interpretive plan with a focus on researching and...

The Weeksville Society will use this $703,414 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (CFDA 45.309) program to complete a comprehensive collections inventory and increase public access to the Weeksville Heritage Center's collections documenting the history of Weeksville, one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America. Key project activities include cataloging unprocessed collection items,...

The Museum of African American History in Boston, Massachusetts received a $1,071,828 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The award will support the design and implementation of experiential tours and programs for schools, families, and adults in Boston and on the Island of Nantucket. Key products and services to be delivered include developing a school field...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to The Baltimore Museum of Art, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to support the temporary exhibition "Renaissance Woman." Scheduled from October 1, 2023 to January 7, 2024, the exhibition will bring together approximately 150 art objects exclusively made by women artists from collections across North America and Europe. Curated by Dr. Andaleeb Bantam, the...

The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) was awarded a $650,398 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture federal grant program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will support AAMP's development and installation of a new permanent exhibition extending its timeline on African American history from 1776-1876 to the present day. The new exhibition will include four additional sections on education, politics,...

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...

The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum will use a $504,891 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program to expand its professional staff and develop a paid internship program. A new Curator/Exhibition Developer and Program Manager will be hired to recruit 15-18 student interns annually over three years from area colleges. Interns will support the Curator in inventorying and cataloging...

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...

The Dusable Black History Museum & Education Center received a $100,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will enable the museum to create a digital catalog and finding aid for its collection of over 1,000 boxes of materials related to the history of civic engagement of African Americans in Chicago. The project will involve moving materials out of...