The National Building Museum was awarded a $527,442 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will enable the museum to implement and evaluate a variety of educational experiences as part of an upcoming exhibition to deepen engagement with literacy skills among K-3 grade children. The experiences will include an exhibition "sketchbook" for writing and drawing exercises, hands-on language and creative building...
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 Museum of Glass received a $406,532 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The grant will fund efforts to ensure long-term care and public access to the museum's born-digital and digitized collections related to the history of glass as a contemporary art medium. Project activities include hiring a digital archivist and curatorial assistant to digitize a portion of the museum's...
The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum received a $155,620 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The grant will enable the museum to improve the management and care of its collection of objects documenting American mining history. Key project activities include purchasing and installing new display cases, storage shelves, blackout window blinds, and environmental monitoring equipment....
The Tudor Place Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization in Washington, DC, received a $725,441 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support the foundation's efforts to improve the management and care of its collection and archive through the purchase and installation of high-quality storage equipment. The project consolidates over 30 dispersed storage locations into a single purpose-built...
This federal Project Grant award of $524,587 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA #15.929) will support the Historic St. Mary's City Commission in Maryland to assess, catalog, and rehouse its archaeological collections dating from the 17th century through the post-colonial period. The project staff, along with a contracted conservator, will conduct a condition assessment of the collection to guide future conservation efforts. The goal...
The Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York City was awarded a $184,981 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) federal grant program. The grant will fund the processing and digitization of approximately 20,595 documents from two archaeological excavations in Lower Manhattan conducted in the late 1970s and early 1980s. As a result of the project, the Commission will create two online exhibitions and make the digitized...
The National Building Museum was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to implement the "Building Stories" exhibition from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024. The exhibition will explore the built environment as experienced through children's books, activating these stories and their settings to investigate how the built world influences lives and communities. By...
The National Model Aviation Museum received a $132,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) federal grant program. The grant will fund the museum's hiring of a Collections Manager to digitize, catalog, and rehouse the museum's collection of aviation models, magazines, documents, photographs, and negatives. This work will improve the museum's stewardship of their collection and increase intellectual control over the...
The University of California, Berkeley's Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive received a $923,024 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) program. The grant will fund a 3-year conservation project to preserve approximately 1,800 quilts, pieced textile fragments, and other objects in the museum's African American Quilts collection. Conservation work will include treatments to remove microbial, mold, and insect...