Project Grant MA259458OMS26
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Seward House Museum (SHM) received a $722,600 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), awarded on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of January 31, 2028. The museum will collaborate with a mechanical engineering firm and historic preservation architects to design and install a new climate control system for the 208-year-old historic house located in Auburn, New York. The system...
- The Museum & Archives of Rockingham County (MARC) received a $325,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to install a new HVAC system in its 1907 historic courthouse building. The grant will fund a staged plan to repair, demolish, and upgrade the essential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for the museum and archives, based on a 2020 surveyor's report. The project aims to...
- The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, on behalf of the National Canal Museum, will receive $241,470 under a three-year Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to conduct a comprehensive inventory and improve access to its offsite collections storage facility. As part of the Museums for America program's goal of strengthening museums' ability to serve the public, 10,000 objects from the Museum's personnel and financial records,...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections Implementation Level II grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Wagner Free Institute of Science, a National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia, PA. The grant funding will be used to install a sustainable new HVAC system in the library wing and integrate a direct digital control (DDC) system across the site's HVAC...
- This $336,000 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will fund preservation of collections at the Museum at Warm Springs in Warm Springs, Oregon. Awarded under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), the funding will improve the HVAC system at the museum to preserve its collections. The objective of the Historic Preservation Fund program is to support projects that assist in preserving historic resources. This award will specifically...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Adirondack Historical Association $1,322,178 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to design a new 6,000-square-foot exhibition on the logging industry's role in shaping the Adirondack region. Over the 12-month performance period ending August 31, 2027, museum staff will lead the design phase in collaboration with external architects, exhibit designers, graphic designers, and content specialists. The...
- 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,...
- The Cleveland Museum of Natural History was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant funding will be used to replace the museum's 35-year-old HVAC system that maintains climate control for its humanities collection, including cultural anthropology, fine arts, rare books, and archival materials. This project will help ensure the sustainable preservation...
- The National Museum of Forest Service History received a $687,340 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to improve storage and preservation capabilities for its 50,000-item collection. The grant funds will be used to install new HVAC systems, microclimate generators, fire detection and suppression systems, security and video surveillance, and high-density storage solutions in the museum's National Conservation...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Trustees of Indiana University $263,978 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to upgrade conservation equipment at the University Collections at McCalla in Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana University will purchase and install equipment to improve the efficiency and continuous operation of an anoxia chamber used to treat fragile objects that cannot withstand freezing or chemical treatment. The anoxia chamber...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Delaware County Historical Association $606,700 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to purchase heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment for a new 8,000 square-foot collections and archival facility designed to meet national standards for museum and archival storage. The recipient will partner with an architect design team to ensure the facility delivers preservation-level environmental conditions through stable temperature and humidity control, protecting the association's historically significant holdings, including Revolutionary War collections and other sensitive materials. The HVAC equipment will be purchased before or during construction of the facility, which is expected to begin in summer 2027. Performance occurs in Delhi, New York, with project completion targeted for December 31, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $151.7k | 8/6/26 |