The banneker douglass tubman museum will implement the development phase for a revitalized permanent exhibition to better reflect the museum's expanded fine art holdings, contemporary scholarship, and…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Banneker-Douglass Museum Foundation, Inc. $599,998 on September 1, 2026, under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309) to implement the development phase for a revitalized permanent exhibition.

The museum will conduct comparative study of exhibitions at peer institutions and research within its own archives, followed by curatorial development, collections processing, design planning, and project management. The project funds a project manager to coordinate staff activities and a post-doctoral fellow to deepen understanding of historic collections. A twelve-person cohort of museum professionals, historians, and educators will shape the scope and interpretive framework of the exhibition to reflect historical depth and regional specificity across Maryland. Deliverables include an interpretive plan and expanded partnerships to support development and installation of the new permanent exhibit.

Work is performed at Cape St Claire, Maryland, with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029. The Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program supports projects that build the capacity of African American museums and support the growth and development of museum professionals at African American museums and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

The banneker douglass tubman museum will implement the development phase for a revitalized permanent exhibition to better reflect the museum's expanded fine art holdings, contemporary scholarship, and current standards in exhibition design. Project activities include studying exhibitions at peer institutions, research within the museum's own archive, curatorial development and collections processing, design planning, and project management. The project supports hiring a project manager to coordinate staff activities, along with a post-doctoral fellow to deepen understanding of historic collections. A cohort of twelve museum professionals, historians, and educators will help shape the scope and interpretive framework of the exhibition to ensure IT reflects both historical depth and regional specificity across maryland. The outcome of project activities will be an interpretive plan and expanded partnerships to support the development and installation of the new permanent exhibit.