The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant (CFDA 45.164 - Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs) to the Pierpont Morgan Library, doing business as The Morgan Library & Museum, to support a major exhibition titled "BELLE DA COSTA GREENE: A LIBRARIAN'S LEGACY." The exhibition, scheduled for 2024 to mark the institution's centennial as a public institution, will trace the life and career of Belle da Costa Greene, who served as the...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $384,675 Project Grant to the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The funding will support 72 fellowship months over 3 years starting in 2025, as well as $8,225 per year for fellowship selection costs. This grant represents a modest increase over the previous NEH award and will enable the Huntington Library to continue providing long-term research fellowships to...
The Museum of the City of New York, Inc. received a $497,998 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The funding will support the development and implementation of four exhibitions focused on the history of New York City, its role in shaping American culture, and planning for the museum's 2023 centennial. Specifically, the grant will allow for three current exhibitions on the history...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded The Metropolitan Museum of Art a $468,500 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to expand access to materials by historically underrepresented artists at the museum's Thomas J. Watson Library. Over the course of the one-year project period from October 1, 2021 to January 31, 2023, grant funds will support adding at least 600 publications by Indigenous American, Hispanic American, Asian American and...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute $500,000 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support seven staff positions from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The positions will sustain the Institute's core public, academic, school, and library humanities programs, including digital programming, cultural exhibitions, and academic activities. Funding will allow the Institute to resume...
The Museum of the City of New York, Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) program. The grant will support the development of the exhibition "THE NEW YORK CENTURY: 100 YEARS OF IMAGINING THE CITY, 1923-2023" exploring how arts, media, and culture have portrayed New York City over the past century. Opening in 2023, the exhibition will invite visitors to consider how...
The Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc., doing business as The Mount, received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities on January 1, 2022 to support full-time, on-site literary and history programming through December 31, 2022. The programming will focus on issues of racial justice, gender equality, and immigration using Edith Wharton's life and works as a framework. Three types of public programs are planned to 1) relate Wharton's works to present-day...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $305,343 Project Grant to the Internet Archive under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to develop a comprehensive reference resource of key art history and humanities collections published online. Working in partnership with the New York Art Resources Consortium, consisting of the Frick Art Reference Library, Museum of Modern Art, and Brooklyn Museum, the Internet Archive will create a...
The New York Historical Society will receive $267,269 over three years from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support its Fellowship Program. Through this Project Grant award, starting in 2023 the Society will provide one fellowship annually through 2026 for promising scholars in American history. Fellows will conduct interdisciplinary research in history, art history, and material culture using the Society's...
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop an interactive digital exhibition guide. The guide will accompany LACMA's upcoming temporary exhibition "The World Made Wondrous: The Dutch Collector's Cabinet and the Politics of Possession" scheduled for June 2023 to January 2024. It will invite visitors to reconsider how and why museums collect objects through multiple voices and...