Project Grant CHA29607424
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to the Toledo Museum of Art. This funding supports critical renovations to the century-old plumbing infrastructure in the Edward B. Green Building, which houses the museum's art collection and serves as a venue for arts and humanities programming. The project will safeguard the museum's valuable artworks and provide comfortable, inviting...
- 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 (CFDA 45.149). The grant funding will be used to replace the museum's 35-year-old HVAC system that maintains climate control for its humanities collection, including cultural anthropology, fine arts, rare books, and archival materials. This project will help ensure the sustainable preservation...
- The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to develop a comprehensive Climate Smart Mitigation and Adaptation Plan (MAP). The two-year project, running from April 2025 to March 2027, will help TMA assess its greenhouse gas emissions, plan strategies to reduce its carbon footprint, and leverage its expertise as a cultural institution to guide regional...
- The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) was awarded a $349,534 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. The grant will support the installation of new fire suppression and early warning detection systems for the museum's Prints, Drawings, and Photographs (PDP) galleries, department, and storage rooms. The existing Halon fire suppression system is outdated and poses environmental risks, so the DIA...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.149 - Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access) is providing $100,000.00 to the University of Delaware to develop low-cost air quality sensor protocols. The project aims to integrate these sensors into environmental monitoring practices at two cultural heritage institutions - the Winterthur Museum & Library and the Baltimore Museum of Art. This work will help develop data-driven...
- 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 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 (NEH) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to the Model-T Automotive Heritage Complex, Inc. in Detroit, Michigan. This grant, effective January 1, 2025, will fund the Ford Piquette Plant ADA Compliance Project, which will provide for the installation of a passenger elevator and ADA-compliant restrooms in the three-story, 1904 National Historic Landmark building that houses the...
- 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...
- The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) was awarded a $234,535 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130). The grant, titled "Protecting the Museum's Collections," will support a $5 million project to replace the outdated HVAC system in JANM's pavilion facility. Specifically, the grant funding will be used to replace the air handling units, sensors, water and electrical systems, and to...
The Flint Institute of Arts was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program, which provides federal matching funds to strengthen humanities infrastructure and capacity. This two-year, $450,000 capital campaign project will replace nine failing humidification units within the Institute's mechanical system that regulate temperature and humidity in the gallery and collection storage areas. The new American-made STULZ ultrasonic energy-efficient humidifiers will precisely control temperature and humidity to ensure compliance with museum standards, protecting the Institute's art collection. The award date is July 1, 2024, with a completion date of June 30, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.0k | 6/27/24 |