Project Grant PF29326123
- The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum received a $493,155 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund the development of a user-friendly, searchable browser that will provide free public access to 1,009 artworks in the museum's collection as well as 498 works held by 145 other organizations. The project will bring greater meaning and context to the Georgia O'Keeffe collections held by the museum and other...
- The Georgia O'Keefe Museum was awarded a $100,000 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program to rebuild its capacity for delivering culturally relevant educational experiences. Key activities to be implemented with grant funding include hiring a full-time community educator, relaunching a 4th grade visit program, deepening an arts education partnership with a local middle school, launching a teacher advisory group, and...
- This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program will provide $269,276 to the A.T. Still University of Health Sciences in Kirksville, Missouri to improve the collections storage environment and enhance the care of the museum's 90,000 artifacts. The project will involve temporarily relocating the artifacts, deconstructing the existing shelving, and installing a new high-density mobile shelving system, which...
- Through a $415,761 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, doing business as Taliesin West, will purchase new high-density compact storage to properly house its extensive collections. This will increase the Foundation's collection storage capacity, improve storage conditions by reducing overcrowding, and minimize handling and movement of artwork while ensuring safer long-term storage. The award...
- The Denver Art Museum received a $395,283 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to implement critical environmental improvements in its storage area. Funded under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), the 13-month project will install 40 new storage screens for oversized, two-dimensional artworks impacting the museum's Asian, Indigenous, Latin American, Modern and Contemporary, and Photography collections. Work will include pre-move inventory tasks,...
- The Philbrook Museum of Art received a $444,880 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (MFA) program to expand and improve its permanent storage capacity. The grant will enable the museum to convert an existing library space into a modern, efficient storage area to alleviate overcrowding in its permanent collections. Project activities include assessing the condition of paintings being relocated, updating the collections management...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley a $755,132 Project Grant under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the museum's compact storage installation project to upgrade their storage units and shelving to accommodate their growing collections, increase collection accessibility, and provide for long-term preservation of the collections. The project aims to address the challenge of collections storage...
- The American Folk Art Museum was awarded a $364,553 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to upgrade its collections storage infrastructure and improve access to objects and archival materials. Over a two-year period, the Museum will enhance storage for over 500 objects and 700 linear feet of archival materials through mobile storage unit upgrades and the addition of painting racks and flat files. This will...
- The Pueblo of Pojoaque will receive $152,526 under a two-year Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services program to redesign storage space and conduct collections work for the Pojoaque Cultural Center's holdings of works by Tewa artists. Staff will reorganize collections storage, hire interns and consultants to inventory over 1,500 objects in a content management system, and complete condition reports for both on- and off-site...
- The National Museum of Forest Service History received a $687,340 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to improve storage and preservation capabilities for its 50,000-item collection. The grant funds will be used to install new HVAC systems, microclimate generators, fire detection and suppression systems, security and video surveillance, and high-density storage solutions in the museum's National Conservation...
STORAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR GEORGIA O?KEEFFE?S PERSONAL LIBRARY AT THE GEORGIA O?KEEFFE MUSEUM [THE GEORGIA O?KEEFFE MUSEUM WILL REHOUSE MATERIALS FROM GEORGIA O?KEEFFE?S PERSONAL LIBRARY FROM THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION IN THE ARTIST?S HOME AND STUDIO IN ABIQUI?, NEW MEXICO TO NEW COMPACT SHELVING IN THE MICHAEL S. ENGL FAMILY FOUNDATION LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE AT THE GEORGIA O?KEEFFE MUSEUM IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. O?KEEFFE?S PERSONAL LIBRARY NUMBERS APPROXIMATELY 4,200 BOUND MATERIALS, AN IMPORTANT PART OF UNDERSTANDING THE ARTIST?S LIFE AND TIMES, AS WELL AS HER FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. THIS COLLECTION IS CURRENTLY STORED IN A SMALL SPACE KNOWN AS THE ?BOOK ROOM? AND IS NOT ACCESSIBLE OR VIEWABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THIS LOCATION EXPOSES THE ITEMS TO RISKS INCLUDING UNSTABLE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONDITIONS, SECURITY AND NATURAL DISASTES, PESTS, AND UNNECESSARY HANDLING. THE MUSEUM WILL PERMANENTLY RELOCATE THE COLLECTION TO THE SECURE, CLIMATE-CONTROLLED LIBRARY AND STORE ITEMS IN NEW HIGH-DENSITY MOBILE SHELVING, MAKING THE COLLECTION MORE ACCESSIBLE AND ENSURING FUTURE PRESERVATION.]
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $87.0k | 9/8/23 |