Project Grant CHA26876820

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum will digitize audiovisual testimonies, documents, photographs, and artifacts from its collection relating to St. Louis-based Holocaust survivors, liberators, and witnesses. Funded by a $491,563 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program, the museum will establish a digital asset management system and make these primary sources publicly accessible on its website between September 2022 and August...

The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan will receive $200,000 through a Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The funding will support the hiring and training of six new professional museum educators to resume in-person group tours and workshops at the Center. The educators will work with school groups, leading tours and providing support services to...

The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan was awarded a $605,000 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Innovative Approaches to Literacy program. The 3-year grant funds a Holocaust education program focused on delivering literacy-based educational content on the Holocaust to K-12 students. Additionally, the Center has received previous federal grants totaling $750,000 from the Department of Education and National Endowment for the Humanities to support in-person...

The Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) in Farmington Hills, Michigan has been awarded a $550,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The grant is funding a 3-year Holocaust education program that will deliver literacy-focused educational content on the Holocaust to K-12 students in Michigan. Additionally, the grant supports in-person museum tours, teacher workshops, and the hiring of museum educators to provide Holocaust education...

The Museum of Science and History (MOSH) will create an exhibition focusing on the history of Memphis' LGBTQ community through a $130,416 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. Running concurrently with the traveling Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement exhibit, MOSH's local narrative will highlight LGBTQ history in Memphis and contemporary opportunities and challenges faced. Curators will work with stakeholders to...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,100,000 Project Grant (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) to the Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The grant funds the "Holocaust Memorial Centers Security Sector and Law Enforcement Professional Education Program," which provides customized training about the Holocaust and preventing atrocities to state, local, and tribal law enforcement, corrections, and probation...

This $177,324 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support the National Blues Museum in St. Louis, Missouri to conduct two six-day experiential learning workshops for K-12 educators in July 2024. The workshops, titled "The St. Louis Blues: Music, Migration, and the Movement," will examine the dynamic historical connections between music, urban environments, and race...

The National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri received a $727,233 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA #45.301) program. The purpose of this two-year award is to digitize over 1,500 objects from the museum's collection, including posters, maps, camp newspapers, and oral histories, and make them available to the public through the museum's online collections database. The project will involve working with a...

The Missouri Historical Society, doing business as The Museum Shop, received a $439,527 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301). The two-year grant supports the society's efforts to increase the cultural competence of its museum staff and enhance the relevancy of its programs through inclusive community outreach. Key project activities include conducting staff cultural competence training, hosting...

The Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum received a $152,284 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301). The grant will fund the planning and design of a permanent exhibit focused on the 1908 Springfield Race Riot. The museum will partner with the Illinois State Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library to build upon the library's previous exhibition with new material...