Project Grant IGSM260301OMS26
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the South Carolina State Museum Foundation $1,307,936 in project grant funding on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to complete a two-year inventory and digitization project for its archival collections in Columbia, South Carolina. The museum will catalog, conduct condition assessments, improve storage conditions, and digitize over 4,400 archival items—primarily photographs, documents, and ephemera of...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina $269,100 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to implement the "Vibrant Visions" project. The McKissick Museum will catalog, photograph, and upload 1,500–2,000 digital images of a recently acquired collection of 538 fine arts objects by African American and Latino artists working from the 20th century to today. The museum will hire and train...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Asheville Art Museum Association, Incorporated $659,210 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to enhance visitor and community engagement by digitizing museum collections and making them fully accessible online. The recipient will digitize its collections, implement an integrated institutional database, and develop a publicly accessible collections portal on the museum's website. The project integrates...
- The Weeksville Society will use this $703,414 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (CFDA 45.309) program to complete a comprehensive collections inventory and increase public access to the Weeksville Heritage Center's collections documenting the history of Weeksville, one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America. Key project activities include cataloging unprocessed collection items,...
- 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....
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Piedmont University, Inc. $804,190 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to strengthen engagement between the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art and remote and rural populations in northeast Georgia. Over three years through August 31, 2029, the museum will implement a co-creation and community participation initiative centered on weekend hands-on programs for local audiences and a series of visiting artist...
- 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 Hanford Mills Museum will evaluate and process undocumented and found-in-collections objects identified in a recent full-site collections inventory under a $334,823 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Over a three-year period ending August 2025, the Museum will reconcile found objects with existing records, accession and catalog 12,000 objects into its permanent collection, process education and non-collection objects, and determine recommendations for...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the International African American Museum $814,610 on September 1, 2026, under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309) to preserve, interpret, and expand access to a rare collection of nineteenth-century daguerreotypes. The museum will develop an ethical interpretive framework, conservation documentation, and collections care protocols for the daguerreotypes while conducting historical research on...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Asheville Art Museum Association, Incorporated $1,043,440 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to organize and present the first survey of documentary photography from Southern Appalachia. The museum will identify and source photographs created by artists, documentarians, and others spanning from the turn of the 20th century to the present, and will develop an exhibition and scholarly catalog. Staff...
THE OCONEE HISTORY MUSEUM WILL IMPROVE MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS TO ITS ARTIFACT COLLECTION. FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEIR COLLECTIONS ASSESSMENT FOR PRESERVATION (CAP) PROGRAM REPORT, THE MUSEUM WILL PURCHASE ARCHIVAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INVENTORYING, CATALOGING, REORGANIZING, AND REHOUSING APPROXIMATELY 5,000 OBJECTS IN ITS COLLECTION. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES DOCUMENTS, TOOLS, AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS, TEXTILE MILL ITEMS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORY OF THE TOWNS AND PEOPLE OF OCONEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN ENHANCED PRESERVATION AND IMPROVED PHYSICAL AND INTELLECTUAL ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION, BENEFITING MUSEUM STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, RESEARCHERS, AND VISITORS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $24.2k | 8/11/26 |