Project Grant MA251550OMS22
Award Date
9/1/22
Completion Date
12/31/23
Dollars Obligated
$2M
Federal Agency
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Federal Grant Program
45.301
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Blue Mountain Lake, Indian Lake, NY, USA
Similar Awards
The Adirondack Historical Association, doing business as the Adirondack Museum, received a $291,307 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund the conservation of 139 historical drawings from the museum's collection that were identified as needing urgent treatment. Conservation efforts will include dry and aqueous surface cleaning, humidifying, pressing, removing supports, mending tears,...
This Project Grant award of $185,586 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will support a collaborative effort by The Adirondack Experience and multiple partners to facilitate a virtual public programming series examining the history of Adirondack Park through an environmental justice lens. The Adirondack Diversity Initiative, Akwesasne Cultural Center, Mountain Lake PBS, The Nature Conservancy's Adirondack Chapter, and The Wild Center will partner with The Adirondack Experience to...
The Adirondack Historical Association received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to renovate 5,800 square feet of gallery space at the Adirondack Museum. The renovation will update the museum's facilities to contemporary standards and create a new permanent exhibition space for the museum's fine and decorative arts collections. The project represents the institution's top...
The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, doing business as The Wild Center, received a $351,653 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The two-year grant will support a climate education initiative to train a cohort of teen climate educators in climate literacy, enabling them to communicate climate change science, impacts, justice, and solutions to museum visitors using the museum's Science on a...
The Museum of Arts and Design received a $478,800 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The funding will be used to upgrade the museum's primary content management system (CMS), photograph and update its collection records, and consolidate its collections database to improve public access. Specifically, the museum will convert its current CMS to a cloud-based platform, photograph new acquisitions, and conduct...
The Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) received a $488,844 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The funding will support a range of programming and exhibits related to the opening of RMSC's "Hodinosyo:nih (Haudenosaunee) Continuity, Innovation, and Resilience" exhibit. Key activities include: Partnering with the Ganondagan State Historic Site and Friends of Ganondagan to offer...
The Long Island Children's Museum will implement the second phase of development of a new permanent exhibition titled "Saltwater Stories: The Sea and Me" through a $506,890 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program. As part of the project, the museum will create floorplans and renderings for exhibit components, identify interactive elements, develop educational programs and resources for engagement, and create...
The Historic Saranac Lake museum in Saranac Lake, New York will receive $100,000 under a one-year Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312). The funding will support initiatives to catalog collections, respond to research requests, and prepare for museum expansion. Specifically, the grant will replace and expand a staff position lost during the COVID-19 pandemic to manage increased donations and requests. A new...
This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program supports the Long Island Children's Museum in developing a new permanent exhibition titled "Saltwater Stories: The Sea and Me." The $503,655 grant will enable the museum to fabricate exhibition components, develop educational programs and website content, and evaluate the installed exhibition to make adjustments. The exhibition will engage families and schools...
Federal Grant Award Summary: This $780,356 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will enable Historic Saranac Lake, a non-profit organization, to create an exhibit on the history of Saranac Lake as an international center for tuberculosis treatment and scientific research. The exhibit, to be installed in the historic Trudeau Building and Saranac Laboratory Museum, will draw connections to the development...