The Cincinnati Museum Center received a $499,685 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. Through this funding, the Museum Center will develop and design a new permanent exhibition, the Indigenous Peoples Gallery, which will explore the region's long history of human habitation, from earliest Native American societies to the tribal nations still residing in the central Ohio Valley. The project will build...
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 Asian Arts Initiative received a $112,300 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services on November 1, 2021 to support collaborative visual art exhibitions and pop-up projects with Indigenous Arts and Culture organizations through October 31, 2022. Funded activities include producing exhibitions and pop-up projects showcasing Indigenous and Asian American artists in Philadelphia's Chinatown North/Callowhill neighborhood. The grant also supports at least one Indigenous...
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis received a $568,657 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the museum's centennial exhibition in 2025 that will tell stories about how people from diverse backgrounds have contributed to the museum, community, and society. Key project activities include selecting objects, gathering community input, object conservation, complementary programming, and...
This $138,505 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will support The Fisher Museum at Harvard University's School of Forestry in creating a multimedia exhibition that centers the voices and perspectives of the Nipmuc people whose ancestral land the museum occupies. The project will involve archival research, interviews with Nipmuc tribal members, production of short films, and design and installation of...
The Native Village of Eyak will create 3D scans of 15 cultural artifacts held in museum collections on Cordova, Alaska through a $108,438 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Under its Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), IMLS supports projects that sustain Native heritage and culture. The Ilanka Cultural Center will build on prior work developing a virtual reality experience of a traditional village to incorporate the 3D...
The Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine was awarded a $468,095 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will be used to expand the museum's programming to support Maine public schools' efforts to integrate African American, ethnic, and Wabanaki studies curricula as mandated by state law. The museum will collaborate with local organizations, artists, musicians, performers, and storytellers to develop...
The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, Illinois was awarded a $490,682 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund a bilingual artist residency program for K-12 students in Chicago public schools with high percentages of Latino children. The program will support state standards for English language arts and literacy, train and support teaching artists, provide professional development...
This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) program provides $354,375 to the School for Advanced Research (SAR) to create an "Indigenous Collections Care Guide" to support museums in partnering with Native American communities on collections stewardship. The guide will be developed through a collaborative process led by a diverse team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous professionals, incorporating input from...
The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center will produce an exhibit and related programming focusing on Indigenous perspectives on socio-ecological challenges. Funded September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024 by a $390,539 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program, the exhibit and two phases of collaborator-driven programming will seek to create space for ongoing conversations around community and creative ecologies. Working with the...