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 Detroit Historical Society will receive $400,489 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to digitize artifacts in its collection between September 1, 2022 and August 31, 2024. Specifically, the Society will hire staff and train volunteers to produce high-quality digital images and videos of approximately three-dimensional furniture, transportation items, and ship models. Society staff will utilize the digitized materials to create...
This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will enable the Ford's Theatre Society, a non-profit organization, to expand its educational offerings and digital resources. Specifically, the $398,553 grant will fund the development of a new summer teacher professional development program focused on place-based learning, the creation of updated educational content and online learning tools, and the expansion of the Cabinet...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) received a $286,823 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the Michigan History Museum's review, assessment, and cataloging of over 1,500 three-dimensional artifacts recently acquired from the closed Herstory Gallery. The project will involve hiring a collections specialist to work with museum staff to process and catalog the collection,...
This $510,213.00 project grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will enable Historic Hudson Valley, a non-profit organization, to digitize and catalog a collection of 3,500 manuscripts. The project will also involve transcribing selections from the collection and creating an online public portal to provide access to the digitized materials. This will allow Historic Hudson Valley staff to better understand, care...
The Grand Rapids Public Museum will improve storage conditions for its natural history collection through a $423,752 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). The museum will install new storage units meeting industry standards to house 47,500 specimens composed of invertebrates, botanicals, rocks/minerals, birds, fossils, mammals and reptiles. Most items are currently stored on open shelving or old wood cabinets susceptible to...
The Delaware Agricultural Museum was awarded a $160,250 Project Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund the creation of a series of interactive outdoor exhibits exploring the use of renewable energy in agriculture and rural life. The museum will develop exhibits incorporating water, wind, solar, and organic matter to demonstrate how renewable energy is integral to both the past and future of farming....
The Arlington Historical Society received a $254,702 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. This grant will support the inventory, digitization, and rehousing of over 16,000 at-risk objects in the museum's collection, including archival materials, photographs, books, ceramics, glass, and textiles. Planned activities include the installation of high-density rolling storage units, digitization of items, updating...
The National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri received a $727,233 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA #45.301) program. The purpose of this two-year award is to digitize over 1,500 objects from the museum's collection, including posters, maps, camp newspapers, and oral histories, and make them available to the public through the museum's online collections database. The project will involve working with a...
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,...