Project Grant GA27604320

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum received a $493,934 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to increase digital accessibility for visitors with disabilities. The two-part project will involve: 1) Creating a new digital museum map of the Frank Lloyd Wright building, and 2) Conducting an in-depth review and remediation of the museum's website design, development, and content to ensure usability. The museum's digital...

The Canterbury Shaker Village Inc., a non-profit organization, received a $468,954 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The three-year grant will support a collections inventory and cataloging project to strengthen the management and care of the organization's extensive Shaker artifact collection, consisting of over 40,000 three-dimensional items. The project aims to enhance physical and intellectual control of the...

The Enfield Shaker Museum in Enfield, NH was awarded a $259,334 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The grant will fund repairs to the masonry and 32 window openings of the mid-19th century Stone Mill, a nationally significant historic structure representing the height of Shakerism. As matching funds, the museum will provide $129,677. The Save America's Treasures program aims to preserve...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $141,426 under the Museums for America federal grant program to digitize the photo archive of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale, Arkansas. The museum will use the funding to digitize its Washington County Historical Society Collection, consisting of over 1,000 regionally significant images from 1850 to 1970. By making the collection available online on an on-demand basis 24 hours a day, the museum aims to increase access for...

The Society For The Preservation Of New England Antiquities, Inc. (DBA Historic New England) received a $594,261 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The grant will support Historic New England's efforts to digitize a collection of 125,000 glass plate and film negatives, creating online access to historic images of New England architecture, urban development, shorelines, and landscapes from the...

The National Museum of Women in the Arts will undertake a $513,020 digital accessibility initiative through September 2024 with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). As part of this project grant, the Museum will conduct an accessibility audit of its digital spaces, remediate inaccessible digital content, create new fully accessible digital and archival materials, and determine onsite digital accessibility needs....

Historic Deerfield, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to expand its virtual and hybrid humanities programming. With this two-year award beginning Oct 1, 2021, Historic Deerfield will hire a new Digital Engagement Specialist and pursue infrastructure upgrades to deliver high-quality digital content and hybrid programming to worldwide audiences. Specific activities...

The Brattleboro Museum and Art Center will enhance accessibility for people with disabilities through a $111,476 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). Key activities include developing an accessible website with dedicated accessibility resources and inclusive online programming, as well as acquiring technology to facilitate inclusive interpretation of exhibits and accommodations for programs. Staff...

The Mass Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) received a $163,849 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program. Mass MoCA will expand its free online hub for educational and multidisciplinary virtual programming, leveraging newly created digital resources to foster audience engagement, learning, and conversation within broader social networks. This directly pivots from the museum's annual admission-free community day, which...

The Arlington Historical Society received a $254,702 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. This grant will support the inventory, digitization, and rehousing of over 16,000 at-risk objects in the museum's collection, including archival materials, photographs, books, ceramics, glass, and textiles. Planned activities include the installation of high-density rolling storage units, digitization of items, updating...