Project Grant CHA26883421

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop an interactive digital exhibition guide. The guide will accompany LACMA's upcoming temporary exhibition "The World Made Wondrous: The Dutch Collector's Cabinet and the Politics of Possession" scheduled for June 2023 to January 2024. It will invite visitors to reconsider how and why museums collect objects through multiple voices and...

The DC History Center was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant, awarded for the period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will support the development and installation of a semi-permanent exhibition exploring the history of Black education in Washington, DC. The exhibition will focus on themes of educational access, the role of activism in creating change, and the Black...

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum received a $493,934 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to increase digital accessibility for visitors with disabilities. The two-part project will involve: 1) Creating a new digital museum map of the Frank Lloyd Wright building, and 2) Conducting an in-depth review and remediation of the museum's website design, development, and content to ensure usability. The museum's digital...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $502,153 Project Grant through the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to The Studio Museum in Harlem, Inc. The grant will fund the installation of an inaugural exhibition focused on the life and artistic achievements of artist Tom Lloyd. The exhibition will feature Lloyd's electronic sculptures, metal and paper works, and travel to three additional venues along with an exhibit publication. The project also includes free, weekly...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program awarded a $167,683 Project Grant to the New York Public Library (NYPL) to create the Research Libraries Collection Spaces Construction Design Standard (RLDS). This standard will guide the design of all future collections storage, reading room, and workspace construction or renovation projects across 560,000 square feet of NYPL's research library space, focusing on its three...

The Phillips Collection received a $197,845 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support exhibitions and public programs celebrating its centennial. The grant will fund an interdepartmental team to fabricate and install two exhibitions featuring renowned American artists David Driskell and Alma Thomas from October 2021 through January 2022. The team will also plan and implement...

The Portland Art Museum will receive $638,046 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to mount a retrospective exhibition of works by mid-century modernist Oscar Howe and a concurrent site-specific installation by artist Jeffrey Gibson. The Museum will collaborate with Many Nations Academy teachers and students to develop student-led tours of the exhibition and will partner with the Native American Youth and Family...

The Lancaster History organization will receive $635,900 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to integrate inclusive design and community engagement in the creation of the Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for History and Democracy. Accessibility consultants will work closely with staff to ensure inclusive practices are central to the schematic design, design development, and implementation phases of the new...

The Discovery Children's Museum was awarded a $508,683 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to launch the fabrication and installation phase of a new centerpiece climber exhibit exploring the Southern Nevada natural environment. Building on a previous grant, the project will continue collaborating with partners to address visitor feedback, with a focus on creating a welcoming, learning-focused, and safe environment for...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded the Portland Art Museum a $4,917,308.34 Project Grant under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) program. The grant funding will support the museum's presentation of the exhibition "The Space in Which to Place Me" featuring artist Jeffrey Gibson at the 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy from July 2023 to November 2024. The Portland Art Museum has...