The museum of science and history -- pink palace will create an exhibition focusing on the history of memphis' lgbtq community
Ended Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- MA248946OMS21
- Recipient
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Memphis Museums, Inc. UEI HPGWC4TDZMU7
- Awarding agency
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
- Obligated
- $130,416
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 45.301 Museums for America
- Completion date
- Funding
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- $65,090.00 Federal
- $65,326.00 Non-federal
- Place of performance
- Memphis, TN 38111, USA
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About this award
The Museum of Science and History (MOSH) will create an exhibition focusing on the history of Memphis' LGBTQ community through a $130,416 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. Running concurrently with the traveling Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement exhibit, MOSH's local narrative will highlight LGBTQ history in Memphis and contemporary opportunities and challenges faced. Curators will work with stakeholders to determine content and secure artifacts, ensuring an inclusive story is told. The grant-funded exhibition addresses intersections with the Black Lives Matter and transgender rights movements, in line with Museums for America's goal of advancing high-priority activities supporting strategic plans.
Description
The exhibit will run simultaneously with the traveling exhibit "rise up: stonewall and the lgbtq rights movement," which provides national context for the local narrative. Along with local lgbtq history, the exhibit will highlight contemporary opportunities and challenges that lgbtq memphians face. IT will address the intersections of the black lives matter and transgender rights movements. Museum curators will work with community stakeholders to determine exhibit content, secure artifact acquisitions/loans, and ensure the exhibit tells as complete and inclusive a story as possible.
Quick answers
Who received award MA248946OMS21?
MA248946OMS21 was awarded to Memphis Museums, Inc. by Institute of Museum and Library Services (National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities) on September 1, 2021.
How much is award MA248946OMS21 worth?
$130,416 has been obligated on MA248946OMS21: $65,090 in federal funding and $65,326 in non-federal funding.
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