The Children's Museum will provide hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM)-based programs to over 1,000 local youth ages 3 to 14 and their caregivers under a $187,210 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). In collaboration with six Hartford Public Library branches, three Hartford Family Centers, and the Connecticut Children's Medical Center, the museum will design and develop field...
The Museum of Science, Boston, in partnership with a coalition of museums and media producers, received a $558,512 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) program. The two-year project, running from September 2023 to August 2025, aims to build the foundation for museums of any size to address current topics of relevance through immersive digital experiences. Key activities include identifying best practices,...
The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $501,818 was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301). The Sciencenter Discovery Museum in Ithaca, New York will partner with regional libraries to expand equitable access to hands-on STEM learning by supporting public libraries as trusted community spaces. The project will use input from prior collaborations to co-create STEM activity kits and establish a learning...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $547,371 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) Project Grant to The TECH Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. The award will enable the museum to create educational resources that empower youth from historically marginalized communities to envision themselves in STEM careers. Key activities include: Developing STEM events, project-based mentoring models, and career exploration resources in collaboration with local schools, the Santa...
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 Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum will use a $100,225 Institute of Museum and Library Services Project Grant under the National Leadership Grants program to deliver STEM education programs and targeted scholarship opportunities to K-8 students in St. Clair County, Michigan. Funded from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022, the Museum will hire additional part-time educators to create a new series of programs aimed at fostering interest in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, the...
The Children's Museum, Inc., doing business as Childrens Museum, received a $1,636,029 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on October 3, 2022 to support the Center for STEAM Advancement Collaborative. The grant funding will support the Center for STEAM Advancement Collaborative's efforts to develop and deliver innovative approaches to literacy, as well as programs aligned with the goals of the Promise Neighborhoods,...
The Discovery Museum will use a $284,439 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to design and fabricate up to 10 interactive exhibit components exploring the subject of cause and effect for children ages 0-12. The museum will partner with local public libraries and nonprofits to host replicated subsets of the exhibit and develop supplemental reading lists and activity kits. An external evaluator will assess outcomes including...
The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois was awarded a $206,766 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to implement a two-part community outreach program under the National Leadership Grants program. The museum will develop new offsite programming to bring interactive science experiences to schools and community spaces across Chicago, including learning labs, school assemblies, whole-school takeovers, and science fairs. Additionally, the museum will...
The Connecticut Historical Society will provide digital primary source materials and lesson plans to support new state curriculum requirements through a $168,093 two-year Museums for America Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Under the award, the Historical Society will develop 10 digital resource packs containing primary sources from its collections, lesson plans linking the materials to themes in the new Black and Latino studies course mandate for Connecticut...