Protecting the museum's collections [the japanese american national museum (JANM) is seeking an NEH infrastructure and capacity building challenge grant in the amount of $500,000 to help underwrite…

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 The grant, titled "Protecting the Museum's Collections," will support a $5 million project to replace the outdated HVAC system in JANM's pavilion facility.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 strengthen the roof to accommodate the new HVAC equipment. The project aims to enhance the environmental control systems and improve the preservation of JANM's collections. The grant award has an anticipated completion date of August 31, 2027.

Protecting the museum's collections [the japanese american national museum (JANM) is seeking an NEH infrastructure and capacity building challenge grant in the amount of $500,000 to help underwrite the much-needed replacement of the pavilion?S HVAC system, a project which will cost, when combined with related facility improvements, an estimated $5 million. The project, ?protecting the museum?S collections,? Will replace all four of the pavilion?S outdated air handling units, as well as the sensors and the water and electrical systems that support them. IT will also strengthen the roof, where necessary, to support the larger air handling units, and will replace ductwork and seal sections of the interior spaces to enhance the efficiency of the environmental control systems. The NEH challenge grant and matching nonfederal funds will be allocated to help defray demolition, removal, construction, and associated costs and contingencies for this project, totaling $2 million.]