This $1,497,470.03 Save America's Treasures grant awarded by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.929) will enable the Coalfield Development Corporation, a non-profit community development organization, to rehabilitate the historic Nenni Building in Matewan, West Virginia. The funding will be used to stabilize the building's structure and upgrade critical systems, including the roofing, walls, windows, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection. These renovations will preserve the...
This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Heritage Partnership Program (CFDA 15.939), supports the operations of the National Coal Heritage Area in West Virginia. The funding engages the National Coal Heritage Area Authority, partners, communities, and visitors in shared environmental stewardship activities focused on promoting preservation, conservation, education, and outdoor recreation related to the region's...
The Hosanna Community House, Inc. will use a $452,742 Institute of Museum and Library Services Museum Grants for African American History and Culture award to expand access to its sites and collections in Darlington, Maryland from July 2023 to June 2026. Funded activities include hiring an Associate Director and paid interns to develop grade-specific materials on slavery through Reconstruction in Harford County. Additional products include trunk shows, traveling exhibits, bus tours, immersive...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251), awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Arthurdale Heritage Inc., doing business as the New Deal Homestead Museum, on August 13, 2024. The grant funding will support a wide range of economic development and community development activities in Arthurdale, West Virginia, as specified in the Congressional Record. The exact...
The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926) awarded a $178,267.85 Project Grant to the United Mine Workers of America on September 24, 2024. The grant will fund the development of a master plan for the long-term preservation and interpretation of the Ludlow Tent Colony Site, a National Historic Landmark where an armed uprising and massacre of UMWA coal miners and their families occurred on April 20, 1914. The project will focus on areas such as educational...
Historic Hudson Valley will use a $411,211 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to develop a library of classroom engagement resources for teaching about slavery. Working with the Hard History Project, Historic Hudson Valley will create peer-reviewed lesson plans, discussion prompts, and questions based on stories in its award-winning interactive documentary "People Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North."...
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...
Talladega College will reinterpret six murals by African American artist Hale Woodruff housed at the Dr. William R. Harvey Museum of Arts, which illustrate the Amistad captives' fight against slavery, quest for freedom and repatriation, and struggle for liberation, educational enlightenment, and equality. The project will also identify, inventory, assess, catalog, digitize, and preserve 400 artifacts for use in enhancing the Amistad mural exhibition. Project staff will create an online...
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) received a $458,007 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop the "My Mississippi: Virtual Visits and Shared Storytelling" program. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development CFDA program, MDAH will create a series of behind-the-scenes virtual tours for the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The...
This $4.5 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the McCreary County Heritage Foundation, Inc. in restoring and revitalizing the historic coal mining community of Stearns, Kentucky. Funding will support restoring the McCreary County Museum and making improvements to the historic district, including walks, drainage, paving, signage, amenities, and more. The project aims to build on the city's tourism and cultural assets and increase...