The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia will receive $534,156 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to support their Creative Aging and Lifelong Learning Initiative from September 2021 through August 2023. Under this Project Grant award, the High Museum will build foundational support for new programs aimed at enhancing the aging experience for older residents in the Atlanta metro area through creativity, social connection, and lifelong learning...
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia will overhaul its website to enhance accessibility and educational resources for teachers and families through a $225,000 project grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services on November 1, 2021. Funded under the National Leadership Grants program, which supports projects that advance practice in the museum field to strengthen public services, the museum will engage Atlanta public school teachers to redesign its website. The...
The Atlanta History Center received a $306,092 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The award will support the center's efforts to inventory and digitize 4,000 museum artifacts from its collection, which will then be made freely available online through the center's digital portal. Additionally, the center will select 1,000 artifacts to create 20 new educational lesson plans and...
The Atlanta History Center, doing business as the Atlanta History Center, received a $689,200 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.312) to create programming resources that encourage informed youth participation in civic life and the 250th commemoration of the United States. The project activities include hosting four convenings across the country with museum leaders and young adults to develop programming strategies and a "Youth250...
The Children's Museum of Atlanta will collaborate with Georgia State University to provide $420,615 in virtual learning opportunities and professional development under an Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America Project Grant awarded September 1, 2022. Specifically, the museum and university will develop curriculum-directed virtual learning for pre-K through 5th grade Title I students, with a focus on improving language and literacy skills through play-based methods. They...
The Louisiana Art & Science Museum (LASM) was awarded a $340,088 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) federal grant program. For three years beginning September 2021, LASM will implement its "Healthy Aging with LASM" program in partnership with organizations serving senior citizens in 11 parishes near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The program is designed to combat isolation and promote healthy aging among seniors...
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 Georgia O'Keefe Museum was awarded a $100,000 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program to rebuild its capacity for delivering culturally relevant educational experiences. Key activities to be implemented with grant funding include hiring a full-time community educator, relaunching a 4th grade visit program, deepening an arts education partnership with a local middle school, launching a teacher advisory group, and...
The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc. received a $1,551,549 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) program. The grant will be used to advance the museum field's ability to identify new solutions that address high priority and widespread collections care or conservation issues in the botanic garden community. Key activities include coordinating the development of a collections consortia, conducting genetic...
The Seattle Art Museum will expand its Emerging Arts Leader Internship Program under a $472,783 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America program. Over three years, more than 40 individuals from underrepresented backgrounds in the museum field will participate in the paid internship program, which includes enrichment training and ongoing mentorship with museum staff. A coordinator will be hired to manage the expanded internship program. The...