Project Grant ST255000OMS23
- The Pilgrim Hall Museum was awarded a $585,439 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). The grant funds will be used to improve the care and management of the museum's archival collection of 35,000 manuscripts, documents, and photographs representing four centuries of Plymouth, Massachusetts history. Project activities include implementing a new database management system with an online catalog...
- The U.S. National Park Service awarded a $251,000 Historic Preservation Fund Project Grant to Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. in Connecticut. The grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, will support the museum's watercraft collection preservation and conservation efforts through September 30, 2028. Mystic Seaport Museum, a non-profit maritime museum, will use the funding to preserve its extensive collection of over 200,000 maritime artifacts and 500 historic watercraft, including four National Historic...
- The Peabody Essex Museum received a $502,920 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (MFA) program, with an award date of September 1, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2026. The grant supports the museum's efforts to catalog, photograph, move, and rehouse over 8,000 small and mid-size objects from its Oceanic collection. Additionally, the museum will catalog and photograph 3,800 large objects to prepare for their relocation...
- 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 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...
- The New Bedford Whaling Museum received a $378,628 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the development and implementation of a training program to increase the cultural competency of the museum's volunteers and enhance their ability to deliver inclusive and equitable services to diverse visitors. Key activities include assessing current volunteer policies, establishing a...
- The Moosehead Marine Museum received a $225,920 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to complete Phase Three of a multi-phase effort to restore the historic steamboat Katahdin, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The grant funds will be used to haul out the vessel, sandblast and paint the hull, and make repairs to the hull and propeller. Once the restoration is complete, the Katahdin...
- The Whaling Museum Society Inc., doing business as The Whaling Museum and Education Center, received a $150,025 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). The grant award supports the museum's fabrication, installation, and evaluation of a 2-year special exhibition that explores ocean-inspired myths and monsters and their contemporary connections. The project includes developing an array of onsite and offsite...
- The Cape Ann Museum was awarded a $407,120 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301). The 3-year initiative will focus on increasing knowledge and awareness of Native American perspectives and experiences in Massachusetts, in collaboration with Native American institutions, artists, and scholars. Key project activities include hosting a planning convening, installing a traditional domed dwelling, a Native...
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program, will support The Mariners Museum in conducting research to develop a new treatment tool to facilitate the conservation of waterlogged organic archaeological artifacts. The $654,308 grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will enable the museum to address the critical challenge of sulfur contamination in organic materials...
The Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc., a non-profit organization, received a $329,410 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on October 1, 2023. The grant funding will enable the conservation and restoration of the Mayflower II, a full-scale reproduction 17th century merchant vessel, through a partnership with the Mystic Seaport Museum. Conservation activities will include cleaning, painting, and repairing the seams of the vessel. This preservation effort is informed by a long-term maintenance plan to mitigate environmental damages to the historic ship. The Project Grant award is funded through the Department of the Interior's National Park Service Save America's Treasures (SAT) program (CFDA 15.929), which provides matching grants to protect nationally significant historic properties and collections.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $163.7k | 9/13/23 |