Inspiration from "old ironsides" - on-site & online [the USS constitution museum (usscm) respectfully requests $199,676 to support inspiration from "old ironsides" - on-site & online

The USS Constitution Museum, Inc. was awarded a $199,676 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The grant will support the creation of hands-on experiences and virtual programming for children focused on naval history and the USS Constitution. Key deliverables include resuming on-site humanities programming and staff interactions, developing a new school vacation activity, and expanding the museum's virtual presence through biweekly educational videos, virtual panels, and social media content highlighting artifacts from the collection. The grant will also redesign the museum's educational portal with new civics-themed school programs, produce video tours and short introductory videos about the War of 1812 and life at sea, and update educator resources. The intended beneficiaries are students, children, scholars, and the general public. No subawards are planned under this October 1, 2021-September 30, 2022 award.

Activities

  with the award, the museum will return to its on-site humanities programming and resume its staff-led interactions. A new school vacation week activity called ?surviving the seven seas? Will be introduced. The museum's virtual presence will be expanded involving such activities like biweekly educational video series, virtual panel discussions of enslaved labor, black sailors, ship design across cultures, and cryptology in naval history. Virtual july 4TH celebration and virtual USS constitution 224TH birthday party will be held. The museum will produce minute long artifact videos to highlighting the human stories behind 12 significant artifacts from its collection. All content will be shared through social media. Intergenerational virtual programs like game nights will be held. A monthly blog will explore research into events, personalities, and thematic topics from the ship's history. The educational portal of the museum will be redesigned with new civics-themed school programs. A new video tour of the ship for students will be produced. 12 short introductory videos about the war of 1812 and life at sea will be produced. The educator resource portal will be redesigned and enable teachers to easily access these material. A teacher advisor panel will be initiated to ensure that these resources meet the educators? Needs.&nbsp

Expected outcomes

  the main out come is the resumption and expansion of the museum?s robust activities in a safer way, especially for students. The museum will continue to supply a hands on experience of the US naval history for its audiences.&nbsp

Intended beneficiaries

  the intended beneficiaries of the grant are students and children, young visitors of the museum, humanities scholars and public humanities experts, general public, and the museum staff.&nbsp

Subrecipient activities

  the recipient does not intend to subaward funds. ]