Project Grant MN0309003309

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $127,964 to Waianae Economic Development Council through the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Under this Project Grant, Waianae Economic Development Council will deliver a Hawaiian culture-based entrepreneurship workshop series and technical assistance to 30 Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners. The organization will recruit program participants and develop workshops to...

The federal Project Grant award of $269,231 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) will enable Papahana Kuaola, a Native Hawaiian organization, to launch a place-based learning program centered on native plant propagation for youth in Oahu and Maui Nui. The project will plan, develop, and implement educational activities that blend cultural awareness, environmental sustainability, and museum...

The Lanai Culture and Heritage Center will receive $247,900 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to conduct a collections management project enhancing care and access to 2,500 Native Hawaiian cultural objects. Activities include developing collection policies, conducting comprehensive inventory cataloging and digitizing holdings, acquiring shelving, and rehousing collections. Funds also support intern...

The Hawaii State Archives will receive $216,982 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to digitize over 100,000 architectural photographs from the 20th century and make them accessible online in both Hawaiian and English. Specifically, the grant will fund the digitization of high resolution files from more than 40 boxes of photographs, slides, and prints from renowned Hawaiian architects David Franzen...

The Hula Preservation Society received a $204,181 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (NANH-Museums) to develop five virtual exhibitions providing insight into 20th century Hawaii. Using resources from its digital archives, the Society will gather content and develop online infrastructure for the exhibitions, implement associated public programming, and launch a social media campaign to...

The Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii was awarded a $513,137 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The award supports the launch of "Ka Ula Wena: Oceanic Red", an exhibition organized by Native Hawaiian curators in partnership with Hawaiian and Pacific knowledge-holders. The exhibition will highlight rarely seen cultural objects from the museum's collections as well as Oceanic objects on loan that feature the...

The Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture (Inpeace) will design the Loko I'a traveling exhibit under a $117,482 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The exhibit will provide Native Hawaiian youth and families an opportunity to learn about loko i'a, traditional Hawaiian fishponds that are a central land management practice, through interactive and hands-on activities incorporating observational, problem-solving approaches. Inpeace will collect...

This $164,850 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program (CFDA 45.311) will support the Waimea Valley Library in Haleiwa, Hawaii to inventory, catalog, and rehouse its materials and collection. This will make the library's resources more accessible to Native Hawaiians, Native Hawaiian scholars, other scholars, and the people of Hawaii. Additionally, the project staff will...

The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $156,000.00 was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program (CFDA 45.311). The funding supports a 12-month project by Papahana Kuaola, a Native Hawaiian organization in Kaneohe, Hawaii, to enhance digital literacy and family history preservation for 100 participants in the Hawaiian community. The project, titled "MOOMOO", will employ a...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Kawaiaha'o Church Corporation $100,000 under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (NANH-Museums) to hire an archivist to oversee management of its historical sites and archive library as the church undertakes a mold remediation project from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. The archivist will help coordinate relocation of the archival collection, oversee contractors performing mold remediation, and work with the project...