Project Grant MH257515OMS25
- The Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia (BHMVA) received a $950,488 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (CFDA 45.309) program. The grant will support BHMVA in building organizational capacity by funding three new staff positions: a Registrar, an Education Assistant, and an Administrative Assistant. BHMVA will also develop job descriptions, initiate an internship program, and...
- The Jack Hadley Black History Museum will develop an oral history project and new exhibition focused on its founder with $188,477 in funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309). Staff will work with consultants to conduct community workshops on oral history collection and create standards-aligned educational materials from transcribed interviews with museum elder James "Jack" Hadley....
- The Jack Hadley Black History Museum in Thomasville, Georgia received a $827,425 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program. The grant will support the development and production of audio guides and museum exhibits to engage youth audiences with the African American history of Southwest Georgia. The museum staff will work with a contracted design firm to create exhibits that utilize audio-visual...
- The Great Plains Black History Museum, Archives and Interpretive Center received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.309 - Museum Grants for African American History and Culture) to design, fabricate, and install new exhibits showcasing American history told through the lens of African American heritage and culture in Nebraska and the Great Plains. The project activities include consulting with stakeholders to review historic themes and...
- The Dusable Black History Museum & Education Center received a $100,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will enable the museum to create a digital catalog and finding aid for its collection of over 1,000 boxes of materials related to the history of civic engagement of African Americans in Chicago. The project will involve moving materials out of...
- The DC History Center was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant, awarded for the period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will support the development and installation of a semi-permanent exhibition exploring the history of Black education in Washington, DC. The exhibition will focus on themes of educational access, the role of activism in creating change, and the Black...
- The African-American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation (The) received a $264,400 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The funds will be used to catalog and digitize the Banneker Collection, which was donated to the African American Civil War Museum in 1996. This effort will preserve one of the largest collections related to Benjamin Banneker and the Ellicott family in the United States,...
- This federal Project Grant award of $654,990.00, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (CFDA #45.309) program, supports the Christiansburg Institute, Inc. in implementing programming for local high school students and creating a paid remote internship program. The key products and services to be delivered through this two-year grant include: Paid remote internships for students at Historically Black...
- The Legacy Museum at Tuskegee University received a $100,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program. The grant will fund improvements to the stewardship of the museum's art and bioethics collections by purchasing and installing archival shelving and storage systems, and rehousing objects using archival materials. This will allow for increased access to the collection and create...
- The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium (AAACRHSC) was awarded a $369,892 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will support the expansion of AAACRHSC's summer internship and youth leadership collaborative initiatives. AAACRHSC will work with regional high schools to recruit 30 high school interns in Birmingham, Montgomery, and...
The Black Inventors Hall of Fame (BIHOF) was awarded a $2,471,200 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will fund the design and fabrication of a new exhibition centered on the Charles F. Page Airship, which tells the story of an enslaved African American named Charles Frederick Page who overcame hardships to become an expert carpenter and pursue his dream of achieving human-crewed flight. The exhibition will incorporate a replica of Page's 1904 airship design and utilize augmented reality technology to provide visitors with immersive 360-degree piloting experiences. The project aims to inspire young people to explore the field of aeronautics by sharing this lesser-known aviator's story. The grant award period is from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $498.3k | 9/18/25 |