Project Grant ZPP28330122
- The Museum Association of New York (Museumwise Museum Association Of NY), a non-profit organization, received a $494,284 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.164 Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs) to support a series of public programs exploring the role of museums in American democracy. The project, titled "A New Agora for New York: Museums as Spaces for Democracy," included exhibitions, lectures, oral history projects, virtual programs,...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $1,091,792 National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) project grant to Museum Hue, Inc. to develop and launch a digital platform dedicated to museums founded and led by culturally specific communities in the United States. The 3-year project will engage museum professionals across the field to create the platform, including holding listening sessions, distributing surveys, and developing an online directory and interactive map. The...
- This Project Grant award of $185,586 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will support a collaborative effort by The Adirondack Experience and multiple partners to facilitate a virtual public programming series examining the history of Adirondack Park through an environmental justice lens. The Adirondack Diversity Initiative, Akwesasne Cultural Center, Mountain Lake PBS, The Nature Conservancy's Adirondack Chapter, and The Wild Center will partner with The Adirondack Experience to...
- The American Association of Museums (AAM) received a $199,403 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The award will support AAM's creation and dissemination of a ten-part publication series titled "Museum Decision-Makers Emerging from Crisis," focused on case studies of museums navigating the transition out of the COVID-19 pandemic and integrating social...
- The California Association of Museums will receive $448,723 through a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to develop resources and activities addressing systemic racism and exclusion in the museum field. Key deliverables include producing a series of four workshops on diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion; developing virtual networking spaces for Black, Indigenous and people of color museum employees and emerging...
- The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) received a $322,449 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program. The grant will support four key work areas over a two-year period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026: Provide in-depth training and guidance to African American museum staff on creating successful applications to national funding sources and managing grants, which...
- The American Association of Museums (AAM), doing business as The American Alliance of Museums, was awarded a $1,498,442 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program. The grant will support AAM's efforts to embed principles of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion into its field-wide museum assessment and accreditation programs and standards over a three-year period from September 1, 2022 to August 29, 2025. AAM will...
- The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Museum Hue, Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts...
- The Museum of the City of New York, Inc. was awarded a $522,110 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 museum's efforts to create educational programs and classroom resources aligned with New York City's "Civics for All" public school initiative. Key activities include: Convening a paid teacher advisory group to work with a curriculum consultant to develop educational...
- The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) will expand its Executive Leadership Training Program in collaboration with Howard University School of Business through this $262,055 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309). Building on a successful pilot, AAAM will offer leadership training to 25 mid-level and senior museum professionals annually from FY2023-FY2026. The...
MUSEUMS SUPPORT DEMOCRACY [THE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MUSEUM HUE, WILL CENTER THE VOICES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN ?MUSEUMS SUPPORT DEMOCRACY,? A SIX-PART VIRTUAL PROGRAM SERIES. THESE PROGRAMS WILL EXPLORE MUSEUMS AND CIVIL RIGHTS, VISUAL AND PERFORMATIVE PROTEST, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, HEALING HISTORICAL LEGACIES, ETHICAL COLLECTIONS, AND MULTIPLYING INTERPRETIVE LENSES. EACH TOPIC WILL BE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED BY MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS FROM A BROAD RANGE OF LOCATIONS AND DISCIPLINES FEATURING THE WORK OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MUSEUMS. THIS VIRTUAL SERIES WILL DEEPEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHO WE ARE AS MUSEUMS, OFFER INSPIRATION TO EFFECT CRITICALLY NEEDED SOCIETAL CHANGE, AND HELP SHAPE THE WORLD WE ARE MAKING TOGETHER FOR OUR AUDIENCES AND STAKEHOLDERS. THESE PROGRAMS WILL BRING TOGETHER LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE WHO ARE SEPARATED BY GEOGRAPHY, DISCIPLINE, AND THE SIZE OF THEIR INSTITUTIONS BUT JOINED TOGETHER BY SIMILAR ISSUES AND PASSIONS.] [PURPOSE:?CREATION OF A SIX-PART ONLINE SERIES EXPLORING TOPICS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND MUSEUMS & NBSP;THAT WILL CENTER THE VOICES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN MUSEUMS.    ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CREATION & NBSP;AND EXECUTION & NBSP;OF AN & NBSP;ONLINE & NBSP;PROGRAM & NBSP;SERIES & NBSP;WITH THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: 1) MUSEUMS AND CIVIL RIGHTS, 2) VISUAL AND PERFORMATIVE PROTEST, 3) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, 4) HEALING HISTORICAL LEGACIES, 5) ETHICAL COLLECTIONS, AND & NBSP;6) MULTIPLYING & NBSP;INTERPRETIVE LENSES. MUSEUM HUE, A NEW YORK CITY CONSULTING FIRM & NBSP;FOCUSED ON EXPLORING THE INCLUSION & NBSP;AND/OR & NBSP;EXCLUSION OF VOICES OF COLOR IN MUSEUMS, WILL & NBSP;PARTNER & NBSP;WITH & NBSP;THE GRANTEE & NBSP;ON THIS PROJECT.  EXPECTED OUTCOMES: SIX ONLINE PROGRAMS WILL BE CREATED AND SHARED WITH & NBSP;THE ASSOCIATION?S & NBSP;MEMBERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN TOPICS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AS RELATED TO THE MUSEUM FIELD.  INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE & NBSP;STAFFS OF & NBSP;THE ASSOCIATION?S & NBSP;200 & NBSP;MEMBER & NBSP;MUSEUMS AS WELL AS NON-MEMBER PUBLIC HISTORY PROFESSIONALS INTERESTED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS.  SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:?THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 1/27/22 | ||
| Not listed | $49.9k | 10/18/21 |