This federal Project Grant award of $251,000.00 from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) supports the Mystic Seaport Museum's efforts to preserve and expand its watercraft collection. The award, which commenced on January 1, 2025, with a scheduled completion date of September 30, 2028, will enable the museum to undertake critical conservation and restoration work on its extensive holdings of over 500 historic...
The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute of Museum and Library Services, awarded a $277,189 Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) project grant to the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. The grant will fund structural rehabilitation, new insulation, and new siding for the Monte Cristo Cottage, a National Historic Landmark owned by the theater center. This physical preservation...
The National Park Service awarded the Smithsonian Institution a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) program to fund the preservation of the historic Gunboat Philadelphia. The Smithsonian, acting through its Office of Sponsored Projects, will utilize this funding to conserve and restore the Gunboat Philadelphia, which is considered an important national cultural artifact. The project is expected to be completed by September 30, 2026. As a renowned federal...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office awarded a $1,602,107 Project Grant to the Barnum Museum Foundation, Inc. on September 30, 2021 through the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The funding will support historic windows restoration work at the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, CT through September 30, 2024. The Save America's Treasures program provides matching grants for preservation and conservation of nationally significant intellectual...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $200,000 Save America's Treasures project grant to the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (HPHC) to provide new collection storage space and rehouse the state's archaeological collections. This grant is funded through the Congressionally Directed Spending program and will be completed by September 30, 2026. The Save America's Treasures grants, authorized under CFDA 15.929, provide matching funds for...
This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 was provided by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to Project Liberty Ship Inc., a non-profit organization located in Baltimore, MD. The grant funding will support the documentation, preservation, and interpretation of the culturally significant historic Liberty Ship vessel from January 1, 2025 through the ultimate completion date of September 30, 2028. The grant...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. a $570,000 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund the expansion of Mystic Seaport Museum's Maritime Adventure Program, which provides...
The Herreshoff Marine Museum Inc. received an $868,789 project grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service through the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929) to conduct window rehabilitation work at the Burnside Building in Bristol, Rhode Island. The Burnside Building, a contributing structure to the Bristol Waterfront Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was formerly used as a rifle factory during the Civil War and...
The Columbia River Maritime Museum will receive $1.2 million under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to preserve the historic Lightship Columbia. Funded through the IMLS's Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929), the project will involve towing the lightship to a Portland shipyard for preservation work from October 2021 through September 2022. Specifically, the museum will install modern bilge pumps and alarms, inspect the electrical system, replace...
This $250,000 Save America's Treasures grant from the National Park Service (CFDA Program 15.929) is awarded to the City of Rockland, Maine to support siding, window, and structural repairs to the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse, a nationally significant historic property. The grant requires a dollar-for-dollar non-federal match and will be completed by September 30, 2027. This award is part of the Save America's Treasures program, which provides preservation and conservation assistance for...