Project Grant IGSM260124OMS26
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Tuskegee University one hundred thousand dollars on September 1, 2026, under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309) to acquire and install compact shelving, reorganize the Legacy Museum collection, and relocate non-collection items to alternative storage within the facility. The project will include accessioning additional collection materials, installing compact storage solutions, labeling items,...
- The Denver Art Museum received a $395,283 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to implement critical environmental improvements in its storage area. Funded under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), the 13-month project will install 40 new storage screens for oversized, two-dimensional artworks impacting the museum's Asian, Indigenous, Latin American, Modern and Contemporary, and Photography collections. Work will include pre-move inventory tasks,...
- The American Folk Art Museum was awarded a $364,553 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to upgrade its collections storage infrastructure and improve access to objects and archival materials. Over a two-year period, the Museum will enhance storage for over 500 objects and 700 linear feet of archival materials through mobile storage unit upgrades and the addition of painting racks and flat files. This will...
- The Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology received a $352,152 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to purchase new compact storage and rehouse its ethnographic collections. The museum will use the funding to mitigate mold issues and facilitate complete inventory of over 30,000 objects and 18,000 photographs representing global cultures through installation of state-of-the-art compact storage....
- This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will provide $269,276 to the A.T. Still University of Health Sciences in Kirksville, Missouri to improve the collections storage environment and enhance the care of the museum's 90,000 artifacts. The project will involve temporarily relocating the artifacts, deconstructing the existing shelving, and installing a new high-density mobile shelving system, which...
- The Grand Rapids Public Museum will improve storage conditions for its natural history collection through a $423,752 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). The museum will install new storage units meeting industry standards to house 47,500 specimens composed of invertebrates, botanicals, rocks/minerals, birds, fossils, mammals and reptiles. Most items are currently stored on open shelving or old wood cabinets susceptible to...
- The Greenville Museum of Art received a $160,008 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund activities to update the museum's permanent collections storage area, including temporarily relocating artwork, purchasing and installing high-density storage systems, rehousing the collection, and enhancing catalog records. The project will also provide two paid summer internships in partnership with East...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the National Music Museum $133,030 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to implement a collection stewardship and access plan improving storage conditions and researcher access. The museum will acquire and install additional shelving and storage materials, coordinate the relocation of historic keyboards onto custom-built shelving, and rehouse collection items. Project outcomes include enhanced long-term...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley a $755,132 Project Grant under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the museum's compact storage installation project to upgrade their storage units and shelving to accommodate their growing collections, increase collection accessibility, and provide for long-term preservation of the collections. The project aims to address the challenge of collections storage...
- The Philbrook Museum of Art received a $444,880 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (MFA) program to expand and improve its permanent storage capacity. The grant will enable the museum to convert an existing library space into a modern, efficient storage area to alleviate overcrowding in its permanent collections. Project activities include assessing the condition of paintings being relocated, updating the collections management...
THE FUNK HERITAGE CENTER AT REINHARDT UNIVERSITY WILL INSTALL MUSEUM-GRADE VERTICAL ART STORAGE RACKS AND MODULAR SHELVING SUFFICIENT TO SAFELY REHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 170 FRAMED WORKS AND STRENGTHEN THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROTOCOLS. PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE CONDUCTING A PLANNING AND BASELINE ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT STORAGE CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT, ACQUIRING AND INSTALLING THE ART STORAGE RACKS, REHOUSING SELECTED ARTWORKS, UPDATING THE LOCATION RECORDS, AND DOCUMENTING THEIR NEW STORAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROTOCOLS FOR INCORPORATION INTO THEIR ROUTINE COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES. THE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE TRAINING STUDENT INTERNS ON PROPER HANDLING PROCEDURES TO ASSIST WITH REHOUSING HALF OF THE FRAMED PORTION OF THE COLLECTION. PROJECT OUTCOMES INCLUDE A REDUCTION IN OBJECT DENSITY AND OVERCROWDED SHELVING, INCREASED AIRFLOW WITHIN THE STORAGE SPACE, STABILIZED HUMIDITY LEVELS, REDUCED RISK OF MOLD AND HUMIDITY-RELATED DAMAGE, AND IMPROVED EFFICIENCY IN OBJECT RETRIEVAL.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $25.0k | 8/11/26 |