Project Grant HC27503920

The National Building Museum received a $354,643 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929). The grant will fund the preservation, cataloging, and digitization of the museum's Northwestern Terra Cotta Collection, one of the largest architectural terra cotta collections in the United States. Key project activities include photographing, cataloging, and digitizing drawings produced from 1924 to 1956, as well as...

The Pikes Peak Library District Foundation will digitize its aerial photography collection from the Stewart Brothers Commercial Photographers Collection under a $228,969 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). The Foundation will digitize thousands of photographic prints and negatives documenting Colorado Springs' growth from 1952 to 1995. It will hire a senior library associate to assist with prioritizing digitization of...

The Buffalo Bill Memorial Association, doing business as the Buffalo Bill Museum, received a $1,525,224 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the CFDA 15.929 Save America's Treasures program. The grant will fund the improvement of storage conditions and accessibility for collections at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West's Buffalo Bill Museum, Whitney Western Art Museum, and Cody Firearms Museum. Specifically, the project will rehouse posters, handbills,...

The Portland Art Museum will receive $638,046 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to mount a retrospective exhibition of works by mid-century modernist Oscar Howe and a concurrent site-specific installation by artist Jeffrey Gibson. The Museum will collaborate with Many Nations Academy teachers and students to develop student-led tours of the exhibition and will partner with the Native American Youth and Family...

The Museum of Contemporary Photography received a $519,181 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to digitize and catalog approximately 6,000 artworks from its permanent collection. The grant will support hiring and training two curatorial assistants who will research and update artist biographies and catalog content based on surveys with artists, their agents, and families. This project will result in increased public...

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 National Building Museum was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to implement the "Building Stories" exhibition from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024. The exhibition will explore the built environment as experienced through children's books, activating these stories and their settings to investigate how the built world influences lives and communities. By...

The Withers House Museum will improve access to its photographic collection through a $102,000 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. Under the award spanning July 2023 through June 2025, the museum will hire a part-time photo archivist and contract specialists to catalog, digitize, and make accessible up to 50,000 photographs and negatives. Key deliverables include conducting a conservation assessment;...

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 Museum of Art Fort Collins was awarded a $174,525 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The funding will support the expansion of the museum's "MOA for All" program to promote inclusive engagement across diverse audiences in the Fort Collins community. Key project activities include equipping a new art engagement center and implementing a community-curated art and conversation program. The...