The new york transit museum will enhance access to a collection of prints and negatives documenting the first line to open in the new york city subway system

Ended Project Grant Awarded Last action

Award ID
MA252048OMS22
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$278,843

Award facts

Assistance listing
45.301 Museums for America
Completion date
Funding
  • $120,905.98 Federal
  • $157,937.00 Non-federal
Place of performance
Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201, USA

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Description

As the agency reported it.

The route 1 collection contains an estimated 5,000 prints and 3,350 negatives that depict the 28 subway stations and 9.1 miles of tunnels that opened on october 27TH, 1904. The museum will engage two contract archivists to catalog, digitize, rehouse, and create a finding aid for the images. The museum will use the newly digitized images in exhibitions and programming in addition to sharing them through social media and its online collections portal. The museum will also display selections of the images at the transit system's main facility, on public kiosks throughout manhattan, and on digital screens throughout the subway system, promoting a greater public understanding of the local history of transit.

Transactions

Action Federal Non-federal Date
Amendment Funds to be deobligated. -$34,344 $0
Original award $155,250 $157,937

Quick answers

Who received award MA252048OMS22?

MA252048OMS22 was awarded to Friends Of New York Transit Mus by Institute of Museum and Library Services (National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities) on September 1, 2022.

How much is award MA252048OMS22 worth?

$278,843 has been obligated on MA252048OMS22: $120,906 in federal funding and $157,937 in non-federal funding.

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