Project Grant AM0007000107

The National Liberty Museum will receive a $657,749 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301). The project will create a formalized structure for engaging the community in planning, designing, and implementing exhibitions and programming about liberty. Museum staff will work with community advisory boards to co-curate three exhibitions on youth movements, street art, and the nation's 250th anniversary...

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis received a $568,657 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the museum's centennial exhibition in 2025 that will tell stories about how people from diverse backgrounds have contributed to the museum, community, and society. Key project activities include selecting objects, gathering community input, object conservation, complementary programming, and...

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) was awarded a $296,250 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) federal grant program to undertake comprehensive diversity, equity, access, and inclusion (DEAI) training for its board and staff. Facilitated by an outside consultant over the Sep 1, 2021 to May 31, 2023 period of performance, NMWA's board and staff will participate in a series of workshops and coaching sessions...

The National Children's Museum will receive a $324,356 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (MFA) program. The grant will fund a professional development project for the museum's staff on facilitating high-quality maker programs for children. The project will involve collaborating with experts from other children's museums to develop effective and innovative approaches to maker programming. Key activities will include conducting site...

The Museo De Las Americas, Inc. received a $118,795 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The grant will enable the museum to enhance its creative workshop programming through curriculum evaluation, co-creation with staff and participants, and professional development. Specifically, the museum will contract with an educational consulting firm to assess the current workshop curriculum,...

The National Model Aviation Museum received a $132,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) federal grant program. The grant will fund the museum's hiring of a Collections Manager to digitize, catalog, and rehouse the museum's collection of aviation models, magazines, documents, photographs, and negatives. This work will improve the museum's stewardship of their collection and increase intellectual control over...

The American Association of Museums (AAM) received a $199,403 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The award will support AAM's creation and dissemination of a ten-part publication series titled "Museum Decision-Makers Emerging from Crisis," focused on case studies of museums navigating the transition out of the COVID-19 pandemic and integrating social...

The New Museum of Contemporary Art received a $505,934 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The award will fund the museum's efforts to expand and refocus its educational programming to address the New York Department of Education's Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework. Key activities include: Partnering with teaching artists and 12 New York City public high school...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $498,763 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant to City Lore Inc., a non-profit art gallery and cultural hub in New York City. The grant will support the creation of exhibitions and programming focused on the cultural traditions of immigrant communities around topics such as women in the blues, Cuban music, the J'Ouvert festival, and the material culture of house ballroom in the LGBTQ+ community. The exhibitions will be...

The Museum of Arts and Design received a $478,800 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The funding will be used to upgrade the museum's primary content management system (CMS), photograph and update its collection records, and consolidate its collections database to improve public access. Specifically, the museum will convert its current CMS to a cloud-based platform, photograph new acquisitions, and conduct...