Project Grant MA259966OMS26
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $422,088 Project Grant under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to the Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, California. The grant will support the digitization, documentation, and online accessibility of the museum's collection of over 8,500 historical photographs from Santa Cruz County, dating from the mid-1800s to the late-1900s. The project will involve hiring an archives assistant to...
- 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...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Planes Of Fame Air Museum $1.2 million on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to improve collections management and prepare its aircraft and artifacts for relocation to a new facility at Santa Maria Public Airport. The recipient will hire a collections assistant and engage a collections management consultant to update collection policies, improve cataloging and inventory records, resolve undocumented...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded The Center for Jewish History, Inc. $1,201,730 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to modernize its collections management system. The Center will transfer over 500,000 records held by the Center and five partner organizations from an outdated system into a cloud-based platform. Project activities include planning, configuration, data migration, and integration of records into a searchable database. The...
- The Museum of Arts and Design received a $478,800 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The funding will be used to upgrade the museum's primary content management system (CMS), photograph and update its collection records, and consolidate its collections database to improve public access. Specifically, the museum will convert its current CMS to a cloud-based platform, photograph new acquisitions, and conduct...
- The San Diego Air & Space Museum was awarded a $569,400 Project Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The funding will enable the museum to implement a new integrated Collections Management System (CMS) and Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) across its curatorial, library, and archival collections related to air and space history and technology. This upgrade will centralize the museum's registration...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley a $755,132 Project Grant under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the museum's compact storage installation project to upgrade their storage units and shelving to accommodate their growing collections, increase collection accessibility, and provide for long-term preservation of the collections. The project aims to address the challenge of collections storage...
- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis received a $639,025 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to enhance cybersecurity and IT infrastructure. Funded activities include critical IT infrastructure upgrades, cybersecurity training and coaching for staff, and implementation of an IT disaster recovery plan with offsite backup systems. The grant-funded work will improve security across the Museum and enhance its ability to safely and...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Shelburne Museum, Incorporated $715,998 under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) on September 1, 2026. Shelburne Museum will migrate its collections database to web-based software and launch an online collections portal to improve management and accessibility of its holdings. The museum will recruit a project cataloger to support the collections department and assist with project activities over the two-year performance period....
- The Museum of the Moving Image received a $188,166 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to improve collections management and access to its permanent collection. Funded through the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301), the project will upgrade the Museum's collections management system, develop and implement a new public collections browser, and create 865 additional public-facing catalog records. These deliverables will facilitate expanded...
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 descriptive and administrative metadata for each artifact, digitally capturing the objects, and uploading records to the museum's enhanced online collections system. The completed inventory will establish the foundation for future collections projects and provide digital access to computing history materials for students, academics, journalists, engineers, museum professionals, and general audiences.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 8/6/26 |