Project Grant MA259687OMS26
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the University of South Carolina $127,454 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to reorganize the natural history collection at the McKissick Museum. The award funds a comprehensive site assessment including documentation of environmental risks and layout planning for cases and cabinets, relocation of the collection, and enhancement of organization strategy. The project will acquire specialized secure...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina $269,100 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to implement the "Vibrant Visions" project. The McKissick Museum will catalog, photograph, and upload 1,500–2,000 digital images of a recently acquired collection of 538 fine arts objects by African American and Latino artists working from the 20th century to today. The museum will hire and train...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The South Carolina Military History Foundation, Inc. received a $236,339 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), effective October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028. The award funds the installation of new exhibitions at the South Carolina Military Museum featuring narratives about the daily lives of soldiers and sailors from South Carolina. The exhibition will...
- The University of South Carolina was awarded a $1,258,002 Project Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) program. The grant will fund the University's efforts to rehouse and catalog its Catawba-Wateree archaeological collections, which span approximately 400 assemblages from eight counties in South Carolina. Project activities include surveying the collections, replacing deteriorating storage, cataloging items in a collections...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the International African American Museum $814,610 on September 1, 2026, under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309) to preserve, interpret, and expand access to a rare collection of nineteenth-century daguerreotypes. The museum will develop an ethical interpretive framework, conservation documentation, and collections care protocols for the daguerreotypes while conducting historical research on...
- The University Museum at Southern Illinois University will use a $350,437 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.301 - Museums for America) to improve the stewardship of its collections. Over the 2-year grant period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025, museum staff will inventory approximately 11,000 objects from the South and Central American, American History, and 3-dimensional Contemporary Art collections. This will involve training staff in collections...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the South Carolina State Library $4,660,057.58 under the Grants to States program (CFDA 45.310) on October 1, 2025, for implementation of South Carolina's Five-Year Plan for fiscal years 2023–2027 under Library Services and Technology Act priorities. The recipient will deploy funds to advance four core goals: demonstrating excellence in library service through provision of resources and training to advance libraries' ability to meet current...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Computer History Museum $1,408,676 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to complete a full inventory of over 40,000 artifacts held in its climate-controlled off-site storage facility in Mountain View, California. The museum will hire a full-time project registrar to lead the three-year effort through August 31, 2029, supported by volunteers and existing staff. Project activities include creating...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Friends of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences $1,173,376 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to provide long-term preservation and accessibility for over 100,000 fossil specimens requiring curation. The project encompasses cataloging, labeling, and digitizing fossils acquired from the University of North Carolina and several private collections, many recovered from sites that no longer...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the South Carolina State Library $3,136,938 under the Grants to States program (CFDA 45.310) on April 8, 2021 to support library services through March 31, 2023. Funding will support the goals of the State Library's five-year plan to expand accessible information and library services, improve staff recruitment and training, enhance children's literacy and family engagement, and increase access for underserved groups. Sub-awards were provided...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the South Carolina State Museum Foundation $1,307,936 in project grant funding on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to complete a two-year inventory and digitization project for its archival collections in Columbia, South Carolina. The museum will catalog, conduct condition assessments, improve storage conditions, and digitize over 4,400 archival items—primarily photographs, documents, and ephemera of significance to the state or related to other collection objects. The project team will hire two temporary assistants and purchase supplies to support museum staff in completing the inventory process. Deliverables include a plan for digitizing more complex materials and an assessment of storage and exhibit needs to inform a planned gallery renovation. The period of performance runs through August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 8/6/26 |