The west end museum will expand its reach by offering approximately 100 targeted pilot programs and events

The West End Museum was awarded a $184,323 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The two-year grant will enable the museum to expand its reach and better engage the greater Boston community. Key activities include:

• Offering approximately 100 targeted pilot programs and events to assess and revise current offerings and develop new programs
• Purchasing programming supplies, equipment, marketing materials, and relationship management software
• Contracting with a community engagement facilitator, performers, historians, and instructors to support the new programming
• Resulting in a portfolio of sustained program offerings reflecting audience needs and interests, and a robust methodology for their assessment

The project aims to educate visitors, bring together community members, and engage new audience members in the museum's urban planning-focused mission.

Over the two-year project, the museum will work with stakeholders to assess and revise current offerings and explore, develop, and evaluate new programs to better engage the greater boston community. Museum staff will purchase programming supplies and equipment, marketing materials, and relationship management software. The project team will contract with a community engagement facilitator and a range of program participants including performers, historians, and instructors. The project will result in a portfolio of sustained program offerings reflecting the needs and interests of the museum's audiences, and a robust methodology for their assessment. Programs will educate visitors, bring together community members, and engage new audience members in the museum's urban-planning-focused mission.