Project Grant CHA29207024

The National Museum of Industrial History was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130). The funding will support Phase 2B of the museum's Second Floor Expansion Project, which will increase the size of the facility by renovating the previously undeveloped 20,000 square foot second floor. This expansion will double the museum's exhibit space and add much needed administrative and...

The Carnegie Library of Homestead in Munhall, Pennsylvania received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) on September 1, 2024. The funding will support Phase Two of the library's $15 million capital campaign to renovate and improve its historical 123-year-old building. Specific activities covered by the grant include ADA upgrades, hazard abatement, demolition, general construction,...

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) received a $750,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program to renovate the museum's historic Egyptian Wing. The renovations will upgrade the 19,000 square feet of gallery and collections storage space to create bright, updated exhibit spaces, install air conditioning, and expand access to the museum's world-renowned Egypt and Nubia...

The Green-Wood Historic Fund, Inc. received a $666,666 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to construct a new 5,000 square foot Center for Research. This center will provide critical indoor space for humanities scholars and researchers to access the historic Green-Wood Cemetery's archives and collection. The new facility will include exhibit space, a reading room, climate-controlled archives room,...

The Grand Rapids Public Museum was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130). 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...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $291,336 Project Grant to The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) to support the third and final phase of a critical digital systems and infrastructure modernization project. This effort will migrate HSP's databases to the cloud and improve physical equipment to maximize the updated cloud environment, ensuring stable and secure access to HSP's numerous catalogs and databases. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Humanities...

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...

This $172,692 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) will fund the recruitment of 21 interns at the Geneseo Center for Local and Municipal History. The interns will assist local historians in research and presentation of history content. They will also help organize three new initiatives and community events. The goal is to attract more students to...

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, a National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia, PA. The grant funding will be used to install a sustainable new HVAC system in the library wing and integrate a direct digital control (DDC) system across the site's HVAC...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service, under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), provides $693,286.00 to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for preservation of the historic Ephrata Cloister site. The funding will support mitigation of general deterioration, as well as infiltration of water and pests, through the repair, replacement, and protective finishing of exterior siding and roofing features...