The Madison Children's Museum received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301) to fabricate and install a new long-term exhibition titled "Rhythms of Life." The exhibit will explore the interconnectedness of all living things and promote the importance of empathy and caring for the Earth. The interactive, hands-on exhibition will feature seasonal elements and components targeted...
The Madison Children's Museum received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through its Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the museum's strategic planning and community engagement efforts over the 2-year period from September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. Specifically, the museum will engage in external community outreach and internal capacity-building activities to inform the development of a responsive strategic...
The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $488,099 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. to develop and pilot the Climate Democracy Project. This place-based, project-based learning program will engage students in grades 8-12 across three predominantly low-income public schools in Massachusetts. The program will focus on educating students about climate change and climate justice, researching local impacts and...
The Children's Museum of the Lowcountry received a $198,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will enable the museum to build institutional capacity by creating a comprehensive training program focused on social emotional learning and creating a safe environment for all children. This initiative includes providing trauma-informed practices certification for all staff, as well as monthly...
This $1,223,730 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will support the development of a model for how planetariums can collaborate with local communities to co-create data-driven, immersive visualizations that tell localized stories about the impacts of climate change. The project aims to create a collaboration guide and evaluation toolkit that other planetariums and informal science education institutions can use to develop their own...
The Association of Children's Museums will receive $535,980 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to conduct research and develop tools to support the virtual programming efforts of children's museums. Specifically, the Association will partner with research firms to collect data from museums and stakeholders on virtual programming needs, analyze museum assets, and identify best practices. Findings will...
The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, doing business as The Wild Center, received a $351,653 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The two-year grant will support a climate education initiative to train a cohort of teen climate educators in climate literacy, enabling them to communicate climate change science, impacts, justice, and solutions to museum visitors using the museum's Science on a...
The Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning at Framingham State University will implement a team mentorship and project-based learning program for local high school students under a $202,094 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America program. The program will task participants with creating campaigns in the form of exhibits, videos, and presentations to increase awareness of environmental challenges. This will help participants...
This Project Grant award for $268,202.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) will support climate action planning for the Caretakers of Wonder Consortium, an interdisciplinary multi-museum cohort across four U.S. bioregions that serve children and families. Over 15 months, the consortium members will participate in climate adaptation and mitigation assessments and planning, guided by environmental consultants, to...
The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, in partnership with the Association of Children's Museums, has been awarded a $738,318 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (CFDA 45.032). The grant will fund a professional development program to foster innovative exhibit design for museums catering to children and youth. The project will conduct two training programs for 100 mid-career museum staff, including in-person gatherings,...