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Cultural Heritage/Sustainability

Libraries and museums are keystones sustaining communities' sense of place and cultural identity.

Search the Awarded Grants database for grants to programs that strengthen cultural heritage/sustainability (issue areas have only been assigned to grants awarded since FY 2009)

Cultural heritage/sustainability content on the IMLS Web site:
Mark McCormick
Blog Post: AAHC Forum: Former Journalist Reviving Lost History, Culture at The Kansas African American Museum

April 25, 2013 02:27 PM
Journalist turned museum director connects Kansans to their state’s historical DNA. Read More

 
Amistad Research Center
Blog Post: AAHC Forum: Amistad and Haitian Agencies Discuss Exhibition

March 28, 2013 11:51 AM
Haiti’s Presidential Advisory Commission for Economic Growth and Investment are in talks with the Amistad Research Center with hopes to make Amistad’s artwork available for Haitian academic researchers and public exhibition in Haiti. Read More

 
Blog Post: Museums as Dinner Table: Dialogues on Immigration

March 19, 2013 01:30 PM
This spring, participants of the Immigration and Civil Rights Network will discuss immigration issues and work together to bring those dialogues to their museums. Read More

 
AAMP Supremes Exhibit
Blog Post: AAHC Forum: African American Museum in Philadelphia Fellows Prepare Motown Exhibit

February 21, 2013 12:37 PM
Graduate fellows at the African American Museum in Philadelphia crafted a compelling historical account of 20th-century African American culture by using archival materials from Motown legend, The Supremes. Read More

 
Keila Dumas places the finishing touch on a display for Tuskegee Airman, Roy Spencer. Photo courtesy of the Meek-Eaton Black Archives.
Blog Post: AAHC Forum: Gaining Knowledge through Research and Role Models

January 31, 2013 09:53 AM
Undergraduate student, Keila Dumas, felt a sense of connection--to artifacts, faculty, visitors, and other fellows--during her experience as an I AMM fellow at the Carrie Meek-James Eaton Black Archives Research Center and Museum. Read More

 
I AMM Fellow Anthony Thompson browses archival material. Photo courtesy of the Meek-Eaton Black Archives
Blog Post: AAHC Forum: CURE-ating: A Doctorial Pursuit

January 31, 2013 09:41 AM
As an I AMM fellow at Florida A & M University graduate student Anthony T. Thompson gained hands-on archival experience in visitor services, public programming, and exhibit development, and it helped him become a better researcher, as he pursued his studies in history. Read More

 
Sketch of actress Austene Van by costume designer Reggie Ray for Penumbra Theatre Company's production of "Ain't Misbehavin'."
Blog Post: Behind the Scenes: Theater Archives and the Documentation of a Legacy

August 30, 2012 12:47 PM
An IMLS-funded planning project is paving the way for better archiving practices at theaters, particularly theaters of color. Read More

 
Blog Post: National Leadership Grant Video: Minnesota Historical Society

June 21, 2012 03:24 PM
Wendy Jones and Jennifer Sly of the Minnesota Historical Society describe History in our Hands, a project funded by an IMLS National Leadership Grant that will allow school children to better understand the challenges faced by famous Minnesotans throughout history. Read More

 
Blog Post: National Medal Video: Erie Art Museum

June 19, 2012 03:03 PM
John L. Vanco, director of the Erie Art Museum, sits down with Victoria Angelo, community member and a refugee from Southern Sudan, to discuss how the museum's Old Songs New Opportunities Project has helped her find employment and opportunities to teach and perform traditional Acholi song and dance. Read More