This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) will support the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association in developing a prototype website that increases understanding of African American life in early rural New England. Specifically, the website will focus on Lucy Terry Prince, the first documented African American poet, illuminating her life from captivity in Africa circa 1726 to enslavement...
The Springfield Museums Corporation received a $117,655 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to update the interpretation of Native American history at its five museums in Springfield, Massachusetts. Working with local Native American tribes, the Museums will redesign its Native American hall to provide a more inclusive, accurate, and unbiased depiction of the innovations, resilience, and culture of...
This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association in producing an engaging website to increase public understanding of slavery and African American experiences in early rural New England. The project will focus on the life of Lucy Terry Prince, the first documented African American poet, from her birth and captivity in Africa to her enslavement...
The New York Historical Society will receive $669,029 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to assess and update its collections pertaining to Indigenous history from Native American and U.S. history perspectives. Consulting scholars will work with staff to update collection descriptions, create navigation tools, and train staff to integrate Indigenous histories, materials, and perspectives into their work and related programming. Additional...
The Connecticut Historical Society will provide digital primary source materials and lesson plans to support new state curriculum requirements through a $168,093 two-year Museums for America Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Under the award, the Historical Society will develop 10 digital resource packs containing primary sources from its collections, lesson plans linking the materials to themes in the new Black and Latino studies course mandate for Connecticut...
The Cape Ann Museum was awarded a $407,120 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301). The 3-year initiative will focus on increasing knowledge and awareness of Native American perspectives and experiences in Massachusetts, in collaboration with Native American institutions, artists, and scholars. Key project activities include hosting a planning convening, installing a traditional domed dwelling, a Native...
The New Hampshire Historical Society received a $182,396 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program. The award will support completion of the Society's "The Democracy Project: Completing an Education and Collections Initiative." Through January 2023, the Society will finish development of an online resource called "Moose on the Loose" designed for upper elementary students....
This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provided $163,742 to Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc. to deliver the "Ancient Stories, New Neighbors" summer institute from July 24 to August 6, 2022. The institute aimed to decolonize narratives of Indigenous homelands and 17th century New England through a case study approach using Mourt's Relation and other primary sources from...
The Shelburne Museum, Incorporated received a $663,687 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program, awarded on January 1, 2025. The grant will support the creation of the Perry Center for Native American Art, a 9,500 SF state-of-the-art facility designed by Adjaye Associates and surrounded by a landscape designed by Reed Hilderbrand. The Perry Center will house galleries, ritual spaces, demonstration facilities, and...
The Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Tribal Government will further develop its Tanamawaa.com website and digitize archival materials under a $143,968 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The IMLS Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program supports improving core library services for Native American tribes and Native Hawaiians.
Under this award, the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island will add a new section to its existing...