The B&O Railroad Museum was awarded a $729,760 Save America's Treasures grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 15.929) to restore the American Freedom Train No. 1 (AFT1) locomotive. The museum will partner with a railroad restoration consulting firm to undertake asbestos abatement and complete the physical restoration of the AFT1, which pulled the original Freedom Train around the country during the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial. The museum will also prepare a new covered...
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. will preserve and digitize the newly acquired Witherill Ocean Liner Collection under a $105,086 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929). The Collection documents ocean liners during a period of increased immigration to the United States in the early to mid-20th century, with over 7,500 documents, letters, brochures, and other materials related to maritime history and culture including accounts...
The National Park Service awarded a $1,703,584 Save America's Treasures grant (CFDA 15.929) to the Vandercook College of Music in Illinois to support critical repairs and renovations to the American Association of Railroads Engineering Laboratory Building, a historically significant structure within the Illinois Institute of Technology Historic District. The grant will fund repairs to the building's envelope and mechanical systems, as well as enable adaptive reuse of the property. This...
The National Park Service awarded a $1 million Save America's Treasures grant to the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc. for physical preservation work at the Historic Whitcomb Farm in Richmond, Vermont. The grant will fund repairs to the foundation, structure, and windows of the East Monitor Barn from March 2023 through September 2026. The Save America's Treasures program provides matching grants administered by the National Park Service, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $366,427 Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) project grant to the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Inc. for the rehabilitation or replacement of 112 historic windows on the Caramoor House property over a three-year period from October 2023 to September 2026. This preservation project will help conserve the nationally significant Caramoor House, which serves as a destination for exceptional music, programming, and cultural experiences. The...
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...
The National Park Service, through the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929), awarded the Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation (ROS) a $580,000 project grant to support the historic restoration of the Stationary Car Dumper at the Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historic Landmark site in Pennsylvania. The primary goal of this project grant is to address structural decay and safety concerns with the Car Dumper structure, which is a key interpretive feature of the Carrie Blast...
The Seward House Museum in Auburn, New York will receive $1.463 million under a three-year Project Grant award from the National Park Service to remedy deferred maintenance issues with its barn and carriage house structures. Funded through the Department of the Interior's Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929), the project aims to preserve and rehabilitate the museum's ancillary buildings through September 2024. The Save America's Treasures program provides matching...
The National Park Service awarded $500,000 under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929) to the Friends of the Union Meeting Hall, Inc. on November 16, 2022. The project grant will fund rehabilitation work to the Ferrisburgh Union Meeting Hall in Ferrisburgh, Vermont through September 30, 2025. Specifically, the funding will support accessibility improvements, roof repairs, window repairs, stage repairs, and system repairs to help preserve this nationally significant...
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...