The Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina received a $367,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support a two-year initiative to expand accessibility and reduce barriers for visitors with disabilities, particularly those with visual, hearing, and cognitive differences. The project will address accessibility across the museum's programs, educational opportunities, exhibitions, and...
The City of Clemson, South Carolina has received a $214,080 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will enable the Clemson Area African American Museum (CAAAM) to expand staff capacity and support paid internships to collect, preserve, and make available oral histories from African Americans in Pickens County, South Carolina. Key project activities include...
The Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, North Carolina will receive $109,520 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program to rebuild and expand its learning and engagement programs serving all ages. The Museum will deepen relationships with diverse communities and enrich on-site and virtual programs with artist and expert participation. An associate will be hired to develop relationships with schools, libraries, day cares and other community...
The Whitney Plantation Museum will create an exhibition and related programming focusing on resistance and freedom-seeking in South Louisiana before and during the Civil War. Funded by a $576,027 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program, the museum will partner with Cornell University, the University of New Orleans, and Freedom on the Move to research exhibition content and develop supplemental online...
The North Carolina Maritime Museum will receive $211,445 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to improve its conservation laboratory and expand public engagement activities in Beaufort, North Carolina from September 2021 through August 2024. Specifically, the museum will purchase new equipment to increase its conservation capabilities for processing a wider scope of underwater archaeological artifacts from...
The Jack Hadley Black History Museum will develop an oral history project and new exhibition focused on its founder with $188,477 in funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309). Staff will work with consultants to conduct community workshops on oral history collection and create standards-aligned educational materials from transcribed interviews with museum elder James "Jack" Hadley....
The Hosanna Community House, Inc. will use a $452,742 Institute of Museum and Library Services Museum Grants for African American History and Culture award to expand access to its sites and collections in Darlington, Maryland from July 2023 to June 2026. Funded activities include hiring an Associate Director and paid interns to develop grade-specific materials on slavery through Reconstruction in Harford County. Additional products include trunk shows, traveling exhibits, bus tours, immersive...
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum will receive $150,000 through a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture federal grant program to improve collections care and access. Specifically, over the two-year project period from July 2022 through June 2024, the Museum will catalog and digitize more than 4,000 items in its African American military collection. It will also provide staff with collections...
The 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum will receive $291,000 through a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. The funding will support the design and installation of five learning stations to enhance the visitor experience and understanding of the history and contributions of America's Buffalo Soldiers from 1866 to 1944. A newly hired preservation and museum specialist will...
The Museum of Boulder, in partnership with the Boulder Public Library and Boulder County NAACP Chapter, will receive $500,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to develop activities highlighting the history of Black people in Colorado from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. Over the three-year period of performance in Boulder, CO, the Museum of Boulder will employ a community-centered process to develop an...