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The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary
source of federal support for the nation’s 122,000 libraries
and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong
libraries and museums that connect people to information and
ideas. Learn
more about the Institute.
Press Contacts:
Jeannine Mjoseth, 202-653-4632, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, 202-653-4630, mbittner@imls.gov
Press Releases:
Guidelines
Announced for Bank of America/IMLS American Heritage Preservation
Program
July 10, 2008
Midwest
Museums Receive Emergency Assistance from IMLS and Partners
July 2, 2008
IMLS Director
Visits Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
June 13, 2008
IMLS Awards
Almost $2.8 million For Critical Conservation at Nation’s
Museums
April 29, 2008
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Collections Project Profiles:
| July 2007| Vermont Teachers
Dig into the State’s Past |
The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation is using
a Partnership for a Nation of Learners grant to recruit
pre-school through college teachers and others to help
excavate a rare, mid-18th century French settlement
in Addison, VT.
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| June 2007| Girl Scouts Discover
Hidden Gems in Conservation Project |
By introducing young people to conservation, we help
cultivate the next generation of adults who value our
nation’s collections and their conservation. With
this in mind, IMLS invited Girl Scout Troop 4563 in
Arlington, VA, to participate in a conservation project.
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more
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| May 2007| Omaha Virtual Museum
Preserves Tribe’s Heritage |
The Omaha Virtual Museum collects on its website widely
dispersed artifacts, culturally important texts, and
photographs of the Omaha tribe. Use of new media is
helping the tribe maintain its culture now and for future
generations. Read
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| March 2007| Looking
Back: Three Conservation Profiles |
For our March Project Profile, the Institute is taking
a look back at three recipients of our Conservation
Project Support grants. As the details of IMLS’
Connecting to Collections initiative unfold, we want
to shine a spotlight on some of the important conservation
work that the Institute has funded in the past. Read
more
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| October 2006 |
Maine Historical Society |
A digital museum launched in 2001, the Maine Memory
Network is a centralized online gateway to Maine history,
provideing Maine’s cultural organizations with
the resources they need to share images and items from
their own collections. Read
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| June 2006 | St.
Louis Art Museum |
Blessing Christ is one few examples of medieval
Spanish sculpture represented in American museum collections.
Having not been on view for over 30 years, its condition
was extremely fragile, before an IMLS grant enabled
the St. Louis Art Museum to stabilize the piece.
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| April 2006 | Central
Park Zoo |
The conservation message is challenging for zoos to
present quickly and effectively. The Central Park Zoo,
an innovator in interpretive concepts for zoos, has
turned to poetry in its quest to portray the significance
of the earth’s loss of biodiversity. Read
more
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| October 2005
| State Library and Archives of Florida |
 The
State Library and Archives of Florida received a rich
collection from the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs
that was virtually unusable because there were no finding
aids for it.
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