Project Grant PG26360319

The University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries and Museum will receive $480,885 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to carry out a digitization and cataloging project for an at-risk audiovisual collection held by the Institute of Texan Cultures. Key deliverables include cataloging, rehousing, and moving thousands of collection items to climate-controlled storage; digitizing prioritized at-risk items; and providing practical...

This $531,011 federal Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program supports The Witte Museum's efforts to improve the care and management of its 50,000-artifact Texas history collection. Key project activities include purchasing specialized storage equipment, cataloging and rehousing the collection, and training volunteers to process the artifacts and update catalog records. This work will enable the museum to...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Dallas Holocaust Museum $331,726 under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) for a project grant running from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. The museum will use the funding to catalog and digitize their remaining collection of 4,008 items documenting the history of the Holocaust and human rights in a local context. This includes diaries, letters, photographs, and 3D objects. Specifically, the museum will create...

The Colorado Museum of Natural History (DMNS) received a $297,271 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to process and provide access to the WS Ranch Archaeological Project collection. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149), which supports preserving and providing access to historical resources, DMNS will sustainably preserve approximately 500,000 artifacts from the unprocessed WS Ranch collection....

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) program to SUL Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. The grant will fund improvements to the storage and preservation of the Museum of the Big Bend's historic map collection. Key activities include hiring a curator to research the collection provenance, undertake professional development, and develop a catalog; addressing environmental issues in the storage area; and...

The Arlington Historical Society received a $254,702 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. This grant will support the inventory, digitization, and rehousing of over 16,000 at-risk objects in the museum's collection, including archival materials, photographs, books, ceramics, glass, and textiles. Planned activities include the installation of high-density rolling storage units, digitization of items, updating...

This $1,400,000 Project Grant award from the National Park Service under the Save America's Treasures program will fund the restoration of four large Julian Garnsey murals and the ceiling in the rotunda of the Tower Building at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The objectives are to uncover, research, repair, and reinstall the WPA-era murals that depict the American spirit, ingenuity, and strength, as well as restore the original design of the building's ceiling. The 2-to-3-year project will be...

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science received a $518,257 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). The grant will fund improved care and access for approximately 1,400 oversized fossil specimens in the museum's collection, including many scientifically and educationally valuable holotype specimens. Museum staff, interns, and volunteers will rehouse the specimens using archival storage...

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 City of Houston HPL Financial Services Division, the awardee, will use a $100,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.309 - Museum Grants for African American History and Culture) to digitize and make accessible over 1,400 vulnerable audiovisual materials from the African American history collection of the Houston Public Library. The project will involve hiring a full-time contract archivist to coordinate the digitization process with an external vendor, as...