Project Grant MN258219OMS25
- The Waponahki Museum Resource Center of the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Pleasant Point received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.308 - Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program) to enhance its exhibitions by integrating digital media and audio components. The grant funds will support the development and display of short videos featuring the stories, traditions, and cultural practices of the Wabanaki people, as well as the...
- The Penobscot Nation Museum is receiving a $249,925 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (NANH) program (CFDA 45.308). The grant supports the museum's move to a new location and a transformative exhibition design process that will integrate interactive content and advanced technology into the new exhibits and space. Specifically, the grant funds will support script writing, translation, audiovisual...
- The Passamaquoddy Language and Cultural Revitalization Initiative is a $668,073 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Native Americans (CFDA 93.612) to the Pleasant Point Indian Reservation. The three-year project (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028) aims to establish an immersion education model at the Sipayik Museum and Youth Center, providing structured language instruction to approximately 100 children (ages 18 months to 12 years) and 100...
- The Quapaw Nation received a $116,290 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (NANH) program (CFDA 45.308). The grant will be used to enhance the Quapaw Nation Museum's services by improving visitor wayfinding and signage, upgrading display cases, replacing outdated technology, and purchasing archival quality mannequins for safely displaying regalia. Additionally, the grant will support the development and...
- The Project Grant award of $278,367 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services program (CFDA 45.308) will enable Koniag, Inc. to partner with the Alutiiq Museum in Anchorage, AK to enhance the museum's newly expanded gallery space. The project will feature a community-led planning and design process to develop 13 displays highlighting the Alutiiq harvesting tradition, community life, and spirituality through artifacts,...
- This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the National Park Service (NPS) Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) supports collections conservation and storage at the Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum in Exeter, Rhode Island. The award will assist the museum, a minority-owned non-profit educational institution, in identifying, evaluating, and protecting historic indigenous properties and cultural resources in southern New England through preservation...
- The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians received a $150,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.311 - Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services) to enhance the preservation of traditional land-based practices and strengthen community engagement through arts and cultural programming. The project will focus on identifying and harvesting natural materials to create traditional items, with an emphasis on engaging youth and planning seasonal...
- The Native Village of Kwinhagak in Quinhagak, Alaska will receive $100,000 through June 2025 under a Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (NANH-Museums). The funding will support development of a digital museum guide featuring interactive 3D artifacts and interpretive content from the Nunalleq Museum's archaeological collection. Activities include gathering resources for the guide, designing a back-end data...
- The Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine was awarded a $468,095 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will be used to expand the museum's programming to support Maine public schools' efforts to integrate African American, ethnic, and Wabanaki studies curricula as mandated by state law. The museum will collaborate with local organizations, artists, musicians, performers, and storytellers to develop...
- The Native Village of Eyak will create 3D scans of 15 cultural artifacts held in museum collections on Cordova, Alaska through a $108,438 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Under its Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), IMLS supports projects that sustain Native heritage and culture. The Ilanka Cultural Center will build on prior work developing a virtual reality experience of a traditional village to incorporate the 3D...
The Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township received a $209,740 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.308 - Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program) to enhance the museum experience. The grant will fund the integration of a new visitor engagement and wayfinding platform, development of interactive video displays and an audio tour featuring stories and teachings from the Passamaquoddy community, construction of a replica wigwam, and production of educational videos highlighting Passamaquoddy culture. This project aims to create a more immersive, educational, and accessible museum experience for visitors of all ages. The grant period runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $209.7k | 9/16/25 |