Project Grant GA27436120

The Historic Hudson Valley in Tarrytown, New York will strengthen its digital capacity and develop online teacher resources through a $119,001 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program. Under the award, set to run from November 2021 through October 2022, the nonprofit will hire new interpretive staff with skills in digital storytelling to lead virtual programs and train existing staff on differences between in-person and online...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) provides $128,099 to Cornell University from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026 to develop a 3D virtual model of the Casa della Regina Carolina (CRC) archaeological site at Pompeii. The virtual model will investigate how people of different genders, ages, and physical conditions would have experienced the domestic space. The project builds on a joint Cornell...

The Historical Society of Delaware was awarded a $122,390 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to establish Delaware History Online. Funded through IMLS's National Leadership Grants program, the project will create a suite of virtual educational resources allowing the public to learn about Delaware history from anywhere in the world. Key products include COVID Chronicles Delaware, a community-authored journal of the pandemic's impact on Delaware residents;...

Historic Hudson Valley will use a $411,211 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to develop a library of classroom engagement resources for teaching about slavery. Working with the Hard History Project, Historic Hudson Valley will create peer-reviewed lesson plans, discussion prompts, and questions based on stories in its award-winning interactive documentary "People Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North."...

This Project Grant award from the National Park Service - Chesapeake Bay Office under the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network program (CFDA 15.930) provides $150,000 to The Elizabeth River Trail Foundation to develop an immersive audio experience along the 10.5-mile Elizabeth River Trail in Norfolk, Virginia. The "Truth Be Told" project will curate 10 seven-minute audio stories featuring the historical perspectives and experiences of underrepresented communities along the trail, connecting...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164), provides $198,971 to the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation to support public archaeology and history programming from October 2021 through December 2022. The Foundation will enhance on-site and digital experiences at the Jamestown archaeological site in Virginia. Specifically, the funding will sustain nine staff positions to develop new...

The Exploratorium will develop affordable, portable STEAM exhibits and at-home learning experiences in partnership with Community Science Workshops under a $499,850 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program. Through the grant period of September 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025, The Exploratorium will collaborate with CSWS to design 8-10 exhibits and accompanying digital lessons to enable STEAM learning in underserved communities across...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Historic Hudson Valley a $367,643 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to develop the Invisible Women digital school program from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The grant funds will be used to hire and train staff and interpreters to create and sustain an interactive online field trip experience focused on telling the untold stories of enslaved and free women in colonial and...

The Vermont Historical Society in Barre, Vermont will create new educational online and in-person content focused on stories of resilience, diversity, and community in Vermont history under a $106,575 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Funded through IMLS's National Leadership Grants program, which supports advancing practices in museums and libraries, the project will develop resources for the Society's Vermont History Explorer website. This digital platform...

Conner Prairie Museum, Inc. was awarded a $385,166 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to develop the "Conner Prairie in the Classroom" digital learning initiative. The initiative will provide an array of digital programming and hands-on classroom kits to support digital learning for preschool through 8th grade teachers and students as an alternative to onsite field trips during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The goal...