Project Grant IGSM257344OMS25
- The Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA) received a $210,705 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program to deliver conservation services that will help regional museums impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through its "Preserving Jobs that Preserve Collections" initiative, ICA will retain specialized conservation staff to provide immediate expertise to museums, historical societies, and other...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $126,576 Project Grant under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to the University of Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery. The grant will fund the conservation treatment of 29 South Asian miniature paintings and drawings dating from the 16th to 19th centuries, which are currently inaccessible to visitors and researchers due to their poor condition. A professional conservator will document the treatment process through...
- The International Museum of the Horse will conserve equestrian artifacts and improve storage conditions through a $421,702 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Save America's Treasures program. Funded from October 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025, the museum will hire a leather conservation specialist and five technicians to treat leather artifacts damaged by mold. Staff will rehouse objects, update collection records and photos, and install air filtration and clean the...
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will conserve six Chinese lacquered furniture objects from its collection and provide training for its object conservation staff under a $427,367 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. With support from a previous IMLS grant, the Museum engaged a lacquer conservator who surveyed the collection and prioritized six key pieces for initial treatment to restore them to displayable condition. This will...
- The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation will develop new online training resources for the Connecting to Collections Care program through a $431,390 Institute of Museum and Library Services project grant awarded September 1, 2022. Under the grant, the Foundation will create 33 new webinars, six online courses with closed captioning and translations in English and Spanish, and enhance the program's website search functionality and accessibility through August 31, 2025. As the sub-awardee...
- The Wharton Esherick Museum will undertake the conservation of works on paper and archival materials from Wharton Esherick, an influential figure in 20th century craft and design, through a $261,314 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Following a recent survey, museum staff will coordinate treatment and rehousing of objects in the collection, including sketches, prints, pastels and watercolors, with a conservation team. Stabilized objects will then be utilized...
- The Greater Hudson Heritage Network received a $538,398 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929). The 3-year grant will support the conservation of 35 historically significant objects from the collections of 10 small and mid-size museums in New York State. A panel of conservators will provide treatment for the objects and conduct community engagement workshops at each museum to educate staff on...
- The Cleveland Museum of Art received a $630,592 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to create and share 600 3D photogrammetry images of works from its 63,000-object permanent collection. The museum will engage a contractor to photograph the objects and produce the 3D models, which will be made accessible on the museum's website and through host repositories. This initiative will advance the museum's open access...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $122,452 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant to En Foco Incorporated, a non-profit organization in the Bronx, New York. The grant will support En Foco's efforts to inventory, rehouse, and digitize materials chronicling its 50-year exhibition history. Key activities include hiring a full-time digital librarian to research, organize, digitize, and rehouse the organization's exhibition archive. The digitized collection will...
- The Milwaukee Art Museum will undertake a $830,830 project grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to digitally image 3,000 works from its permanent collection for online access. Prioritizing artwork by artists of color, women, and those conveying narratives of marginalized communities, the Museum will make these collection images available on its website by August 2024. This initiative aims to inform the...
THE ICON MUSEUM AND STUDY CENTER WILL CONSERVE FOUR ARTISTICALLY AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT POST-BYZANTINE GREEK ICONS FROM ITS PERMANENT COLLECTION. CONSERVATION TREATMENT WILL ALLOW THESE RARE ICONS TO BE SAFELY EXHIBITED AND VIEWED BY VISITORS AND STUDIED BY THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY, WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE PUBLICATION OF NEW RESEARCH. THESE ARTWORKS WILL BE PHOTOGRAPHED AND INSTALLED IN THE GREEK GALLERY WHILE THEIR IMAGES AND OBJECT FILES WILL BE STORED PERMANENTLY ONLINE. THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, THERE WILL BE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH DIGITAL "PROGRESS REPORTS" AND THROUGH SOLICITING COMMUNITY LABELS FOR THESE PIECES FROM LOCAL GREEK COMMUNITY MEMBERS. CONSERVATION FUNDING WILL ENSURE THE ICONS ARE READY FOR A SCHOLARLY SYMPOSIUM IN SPRING OF 2027. THIS PROJECT WILL LEVERAGE FUTURE SUPPORT AND WILL BRING AWARENESS TO THE "HIDDEN RENAISSANCE" OF GREEK ICON PAINTING.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $25.0k | 9/18/25 |