Project Grant MA260409OMS26
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Erie County Historical Society $319,398 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to digitize priority documents from the organization's collection, update its collections database, and improve public access to its online collections. The recipient will digitize oversized or delicate documents, photographs, ledgers, and deeds using a new flatbed scanner, reducing risk of damage and ensuring preservation...
- Historic Trappe received a $138,500 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award funds the hiring of a project cataloguer/archivist to comprehensively catalog and process approximately 13,200 objects and archival materials held by the Trappe Historical Society, including 1,900 three-dimensional objects, 300 items from the educational collection, 300...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Chester County Historical Society $103,578 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to conduct a conservation survey and improve care of 360 framed works on paper held at the Chester County History Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The recipient will engage conservation consultants to conduct an onsite survey, create detailed preservation notes for each object, and unframe and then reframe or rehouse...
- The Morris Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania will receive $408,686 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America federal grant program to digitally map and catalogue its plant collection and make it accessible online and through mobile devices. Specifically, the Arboretum will update its plant collection management software to integrate GPS locations and allow the collection to be georeferenced, mapped, catalogued, and made publicly accessible...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $381,869 Project Grant through the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. The grant will fund the processing, rehousing, and digitization of the organization's African American collections, which document African American life and culture in the Western Pennsylvania region. Key activities include hiring an archivist to process the collection, improve preservation by rehousing...
- This $510,213.00 project grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will enable Historic Hudson Valley, a non-profit organization, to digitize and catalog a collection of 3,500 manuscripts. The project will also involve transcribing selections from the collection and creating an online public portal to provide access to the digitized materials. This will allow Historic Hudson Valley staff to better understand, care...
- 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 Chester County Historical Society (CCHS) in West Chester, Pennsylvania received a $116,717 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants (NLG) program. The grant will fund CCHS's project to vastly expand its online collections and make them available without limitation on web-based platforms as materials in the public domain. Under the award starting November 1, 2021 and concluding October 31, 2022, CCHS will scan and...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Montgomery County-Norriton Public Library $385,258 on September 1, 2026, under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to plan for a partnership hub integrating workforce services, small business support, nonprofit resources, and adult learning opportunities in a single accessible location. The recipient will conduct an environmental scan, host focus groups, perform space planning, and pilot-test the coordinated model in...
- The Museum of Contemporary Photography received a $519,181 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to digitize and catalog approximately 6,000 artworks from its permanent collection. The grant will support hiring and training two curatorial assistants who will research and update artist biographies and catalog content based on surveys with artists, their agents, and families. This project will result in increased public...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded County Montgomery $653,180 under the Museums for America grant program (CFDA 45.301) on September 1, 2026, to hire and train a curator to catalog and digitize archival letters held at Pennypacker Mills. The curator will create item-level collections records, scan letters in chronological order, and link digital scans to database records. Eligible records will be uploaded to a searchable online database on a periodic basis with ongoing supervision and quality review. The project will produce item-level collections database records with linked digital scans and expand searchable online access where permitted. Beneficiaries include historians, genealogists, educators, students, the general public, remote users, and staff who use these records for interpretation and education. The project runs through August 31, 2029, and is performed in East Norriton Township, Pennsylvania.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $163.3k | 8/6/26 |