The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $190,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Wing Luke Memorial Foundation, doing business as the Wing Luke Asian Museum, to present two in-person "In Our Own Voices: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the Pacific Northwest" workshops for K-12 educators in July 2025. The workshops will build on the success of similar events held by the...
The Wing Luke Asian Museum received a $315,148 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities on October 1, 2018 to support activities concluding on December 31, 2019. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), which aims to promote better teaching and research in the humanities for higher education faculty and K-12 educators through institutes and professional development opportunities. Specifically, the Wing...
The Wing Luke Memorial Foundation, doing business as the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle, Washington, received a $149,468 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will support the museum's education and tours staff to develop new online curriculum, conduct teacher training workshops, and offer live-virtual tours focused on Asian Pacific...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $169,101 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to the Wing Luke Memorial Foundation, also known as the Wing Luke Asian Museum, located in Seattle, Washington. The purpose of this grant is to preserve and restore the historic Eng Family Homestead structure near the museum's location in the Chinatown-International District. This will allow the museum to expand its humanities offerings,...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Wing Luke Asian Museum through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support the Museum's personnel, facilities, and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As the primary sub-awardee, the Wing Luke Memorial Foundation will deliver products and services to support...
The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience received a $598,916 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) grant program. The two-year grant supports the museum's partnership with community organizations and a neighborhood advisory committee to provide arts and cultural programs focused on health and well-being for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities, as well as the general...
The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) was awarded a $169,642 project grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to host a two-session, in-person workshop series for secondary teachers (grades 6-12) in June and July 2025. The workshop, titled "Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations," will explore how historic events and ongoing challenges have shaped the dynamic...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $187,803 to the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation through the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to conduct two six-day workshops for 5-12 educators. The workshops will instruct educators on the details of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II as part of the Landmarks of American History and Culture program. The workshops aim to promote better teaching of American history and culture....
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History was awarded a $174,607 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The grant will fund the "Pacific Crossings: Asian American and Pacific Islander Histories, 1870s to the Present" institute, designed for grade 6-12 teachers. The institute will explore the intersections of immigrant and racialized experiences of Asian and Pacific...
This federal Project Grant award of $172,260 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support a two-week hybrid institute for 25 K-5 teachers to visit Angel Island and develop content knowledge and critical perspectives on Asian American immigration. The "Bridging Histories: Angel Island and Asian American Immigration" institute will allow teachers to engage in lectures, workshops, and site...