This Project Grant award of $185,586 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will support a collaborative effort by The Adirondack Experience and multiple partners to facilitate a virtual public programming series examining the history of Adirondack Park through an environmental justice lens. The Adirondack Diversity Initiative, Akwesasne Cultural Center, Mountain Lake PBS, The Nature Conservancy's Adirondack Chapter, and The Wild Center will partner with The Adirondack Experience to...
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund the creation of a new professional development training program for supervisors of internship programs at the five WCS-operated wildlife parks in New York City - the Bronx, Central Park, Prospect Park, and Queens Zoos, and the New York Aquarium. The training program will focus on developing the...
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) will consolidate internship programs across its five New York City wildlife parks and aquarium under a $500,209 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). WCS will standardize internship practices, create an online application system, build recruitment partnerships, and ensure interns can access career development resources. The project aims to provide more equitable access to high-quality...
The Historic Hudson Valley in Tarrytown, New York will strengthen its digital capacity and develop online teacher resources through a $119,001 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program. Under the award, set to run from November 2021 through October 2022, the nonprofit will hire new interpretive staff with skills in digital storytelling to lead virtual programs and train existing staff on differences between in-person and online...
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 Weeksville Heritage Center was awarded a $160,125 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to develop an online and in-person educational program for K-12 students. Located in Brooklyn, New York, the Weeksville Heritage Center will hire and train new staff to build curriculum focusing on the history of Weeksville, one of the largest free Black communities before the Civil War. In response to virtual learning needs during the COVID-19...
The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York will produce a new exhibition titled "Artists & Inspiration in the Wild" under a $1,992,806 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). The exhibition will showcase the Museum's collection of fine and decorative artworks from 1800 to present day exemplifying the "Adirondack style" and its connections to the natural landscape. Activities will include...
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 National Women's Hall of Fame (NWHF) in Seneca Falls, New York will use a $112,095 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants program to expand its virtual forums engaging communities in dialogue about past, present, and future leaders in women's history. Specifically, NWHF will host six bi-monthly forums from November 2021 through October 2022 highlighting women's equality, women in business, and medical researchers advancing women's...
The Project Grant award of $344,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program will enable the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History to establish leadership development opportunities for emerging museum professionals. Specifically, the grant will fund an Executive Leadership Fellowship and a Collections and Archives Fellowship. The Executive Leadership Fellowship will involve consulting with...