Project Grant MA258128OMS25
- The Hispanic Society Museum and Library has been awarded a $149,275 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). Over a two-year period, the grant will fund the assessment, cataloging, and rehousing of the museum's 45 historic rugs and textiles, including 28 Al-Andalusian pieces. This will address preservation risks due to unsafe storage methods, preventing structural damage. The project will be led by the Head of Conservation,...
- The Hispanic Society of America will receive $576,335 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to improve long-term care and conservation of its textile collection from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. A conservation research fellow and adjunct textile conservator will photograph and rehouse textiles with archival materials, update collection database records with assistance from two paid interns, generate...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded El Museo Latino a $499,999 Project Grant under the Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (CFDA 45.033) program. The grant will fund initiatives to advance and improve the management and care of the museum's collection over a 3-year period from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028. Key project activities include: hiring a Curator of Collections and a Curatorial Assistant to update records and catalog the collection;...
- The International Museum of Art and Science was awarded a $107,993 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The 2-year grant project will improve collection stewardship and accessibility for approximately 5,600 works of Mexican and Latin American folk art in the museum's collection. Key activities include photographing, cataloging, and inputting data for the collection into a collections software database to provide...
- The La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley was awarded a $784,600 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (CFDA 45.033) program. The grant will support the organization's efforts to expand its capacity to care for and provide access to a collection of images documenting local history. Key activities include organizing, cataloging, and digitizing up to 90% of the existing collection, hiring...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $189,753 Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (CFDA 45.033) project grant to the University Museum (UM) at New Mexico State University (NMSU). Over a 3-year period from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028, the UM will implement a paid internship program to provide professional training to NMSU graduate students pursuing museum careers. The interns will update existing museum exhibits and communications, design and...
- The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico was awarded a $154,000 federal Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program. The funding will support the center's efforts to pursue internal capacity building and strengthen its impact within the organization and the larger community. Key activities include: Investing in professional development to enhance and update museum practices, build staff knowledge and...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $1,153,326 Project Grant under the American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative (CFDA 45.031) to the Museum of Latin American Art. This grant will support the development of the Latino Museum Research and Fellowship Consortium, a paid fellowship program for masters and postdoctoral students. Key project activities include forming an advisory council, purchasing collections management software, providing digitization...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $122,452 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant to En Foco Incorporated, a non-profit organization in the Bronx, New York. The grant will support En Foco's efforts to inventory, rehouse, and digitize materials chronicling its 50-year exhibition history. Key activities include hiring a full-time digital librarian to research, organize, digitize, and rehouse the organization's exhibition archive. The digitized collection will...
- The Museo De Las Americas, Inc. received a $118,795 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The grant will enable the museum to enhance its creative workshop programming through curriculum evaluation, co-creation with staff and participants, and professional development. Specifically, the museum will contract with an educational consulting firm to assess the current workshop curriculum,...
The Hispanic Society Museum and Library was awarded a $377,630 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The grant will support a three-year project to assess, catalog, and rehouse the museum's significant collection of over 10,000 works on paper, including rare drawings, colonial-era works, and watercolors. Key activities will include conducting condition assessments, creating photo documentation, preparing conservation reports, updating collections management records, performing urgent conservation treatments, and implementing proper archival storage solutions. A graduate conservation student will assist with the assessment and rehousing work. The project aims to improve preservation and access to these important materials for museum curators and scholarly researchers.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $377.6k | 9/19/25 |