Project Grant ARPML250540OMLS22
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the South Street Seaport Museum in New York $199,200 under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program (CFDA 45.149) to retain five core staff positions and create a new public programs manager role from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The staff will oversee ongoing collections care, historic ship preservation, and the development and delivery of in-person and virtual educational programs and...
- The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City will broaden outreach for its long-standing Leadership and Science Program for Girls under a $327,957 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The grant supports the National Leadership Grants program, which aims to address critical needs in the museum and library fields. Through the one-year grant period ending October 31, 2022, the Museum will encourage youth from low-income New York City neighborhoods to...
- The Long Island Children's Museum will implement the second phase of development of a new permanent exhibition titled "Saltwater Stories: The Sea and Me" through a $506,890 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program. As part of the project, the museum will create floorplans and renderings for exhibit components, identify interactive elements, develop educational programs and resources for engagement, and create...
- This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program supports the Long Island Children's Museum in developing a new permanent exhibition titled "Saltwater Stories: The Sea and Me." The $503,655 grant will enable the museum to fabricate exhibition components, develop educational programs and website content, and evaluate the installed exhibition to make adjustments. The exhibition will engage families and schools...
- The Museum of the City of New York will use a $120,607 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to hire a full-time Education & Community Coordinator. This coordinator will facilitate both online and onsite programming for students, teachers, families, and intergenerational audiences in New York City with a focus on building, sustaining, and advancing community-based initiatives in East Harlem and across the five boroughs. The...
- The Museum of the City of New York, Inc. was awarded a $522,110 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the museum's efforts to create educational programs and classroom resources aligned with New York City's "Civics for All" public school initiative. Key activities include: Convening a paid teacher advisory group to work with a curriculum consultant to develop educational...
- The Seattle Art Museum will receive $124,977 through a Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to revitalize in-person arts programming after pandemic cancellations. The Museum will produce public programs connected to the upcoming "Visions of Our Blue Planet" exhibition, guided K-12 student tours aligned with grade-level objectives, and targeted programming for families, teens and young adults. A community advisory...
- The Long Island Children's Museum in Garden City, New York will receive $108,562 through a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to expand its Westbury STEM Partnership program. The museum will add third grade students, teachers, and families to the existing school-museum collaboration with the Westbury School District serving first and second grade students. The expanded program will address significant learning loss...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $505,934 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant to the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. The funding will support 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. The museum will partner with teaching artists and 12 New York City public high school teachers to develop and implement...
- The American Folk Art Museum in Long Island City, New York will receive $121,461 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to upgrade its software and digitize archival materials from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022. The museum will implement new software to allow additional media types like audio and visual files to be added to its website for the first time. This will include digitizing archival photos, letters,...
The South Street Seaport Museum in New York City will receive $372,140 under a one-year Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) National Leadership Grants (NLG) program to revitalize and expand its educational programming. The Museum will safely reopen its core in-person educational offerings in stages, including K-12 programs, letterpress printing workshops, and exhibitions, all of which engage participants in the historical development of the Seaport neighborhood. Virtual programming piloted during the COVID-19 pandemic will also continue. The Museum will increase online access to its collections and archives. Funding will further support maintenance of the Museum's historical ship fleet per preservation standards. The NLG program supports projects addressing critical needs in the museum field with potential to advance professional practice and strengthen public services.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $31.1k | 10/14/21 |