The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) has awarded a $299,211 Project Grant to La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc., a non-profit cultural organization in New York City. This 3-year grant (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027) will fund the "PRESERVING OFF-OFF-BROADWAY: EXPANDING ACCESS TO LA MAMA'S BORN-DIGITAL MATERIALS" project. The project will preserve, catalog, and publicly share La Mama's...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections Implementation Level II grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Wagner Free Institute of Science (WFIS), a National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia, PA. This project will install a sustainable new HVAC system for the WFIS library wing, which houses the library and archives collections, and add a direct digital control...
The Museum & Archives of Rockingham County (MARC) received a $325,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to install a new HVAC system in its 1907 historic courthouse building. The grant will fund a staged plan to repair, demolish, and upgrade the essential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for the museum and archives, based on a 2020 surveyor's report. The project aims to...
The Providence Athenaeum received a two-year, $349,075 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program (CFDA 45.149). The funding will support the installation of a new climate control system to improve environmental conditions and mitigate risks to collections at the Athenaeum. As part of its long-term preservation needs, the new system is critical to sustainably ensuring the...
This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.149 - Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access) provides $341,983 to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to assess the performance of energy-efficient phase change materials (PCMs) for passive temperature control of objects in uncontrolled environments. The study will explore the use of PCMs as a sustainable conservation measure to regulate micro-climates in partially-controlled or...
This $341,949 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) aims to build teaching capacity and improve equitable access to climate resilience resources for cultural heritage organizations. The key objectives of this 2-year project (3/1/2025 - 2/28/2027) are to: 1) evaluate and improve existing climate resilience resources; 2) develop and deliver a "train the trainers"...
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. The funding will be used to replace the museum's 35-year-old HVAC system that provides climate control for its humanities collection, including cultural anthropology, fine arts, rare books, and archival materials. This project will help ensure the sustainable preservation of the museum's valuable...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $130,615 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)'s School of Art & Art History. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024 with a completion date of April 30, 2026, will support a strategic climate action plan for two UIC public-facing units: Gallery 400 and the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. The project aims to conduct a comprehensive...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to the Grand Rapids Public Museum. The grant will fund the renovation of a portion of the museum's Community Archives and Research Center facility into a new public space. This will include the creation of two flexible Artifact Labs to be used by K-12 students for hands-on learning, by college students and researchers for in-depth access to...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to The Nelson Gallery Foundation, doing business as The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (lead applicant), and The Linda Hall Library (sub-awardee). The grant will support a Climate Smart Planning Cultural Eco-District Pilot project to conduct a building system operational review, identify climate impact and resiliency options, and develop a...