Sample Applications

Museums for America

Lifelong Learning

• Marbles Kids Museum (PDF, 1.14 MB)
• New-York Historical Society (PDF, 394 KB)
• Walker Art Center (PDF, 611 KB)
• Oakland Museum of California (PDF, 576 KB)
• Penn Museum (PDF, 292 KB)
• New Bedford Whaling Museum (PDF, 450 KB)
• Mütter Museum (PDF, 1 MB)
• Oregon Museum of Science (PDF, 576 MB)
• Armory Center for the Arts (PDF, 485 MB)
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden (PDF, 402 KB)

Community Anchors and Catalysts

• Denver Art Museum (PDF, 619 KB)
• Chicago History Museum (PDF, 803 KB)
• Woodland Park Zoo (PDF, 850 KB)
• EdVenture (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Collections Stewardship and Public Access

• Missouri Historical Society (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Museum of the City of New York (PDF, 3.23 MB)
• South Carolina State Museum (PDF, 810 KB)
• Arizona State Museum (PDF, 542 KB)
• Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (PDF, 361 KB)
• Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum (PDF, 120 KB)
• Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens (PDF, 940 MB)

Museums Empowered

• Denver Museum of Nature and Science (PDF, 807 KB)
• High Desert Museum (PDF, 517 KB)
• Indianapolis Zoo (PDF, 729 KB)
• Kentucky Historical Society (PDF, 528 KB)
• Naper Settlement (PDF, 288 KB)
• Philbrook Museum (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Museum Grants for African American History and Culture

• Lewis H. Latimer House Museum (PDF, 1 MB)
• National Civil Rights Museum (PDF, 370 KB)
• The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (PDF, 277 KB)
• Tuskegee University (Legacy Museum) (PDF, 324 KB)

National Leadership Grants for Museums

• Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (PDF, 398 KB)
• Exploratorium (PDF, 1.32 MB)
• Lincoln Park Zoo (PDF, 142 KB)

Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program

• Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (PDF, 1.24 MB)
• Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee (PDF, 342 KB)
• Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation (PDF, 589 KB)

Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program

The Abstracts, Narratives, Schedules of Completion, Digital Product Forms, and Preliminary Proposal Narratives for recently awarded grants in this program are available online. Search or browse through the IMLS Awarded Grants Search.

National Leadership Grants for Libraries

The Abstracts, Narratives, Schedules of Completion, Digital Product Forms, and Preliminary Proposal Narratives for recently awarded grants in this program are available online. Search or browse through the IMLS Awarded Grants Search.

Activating Community Opportunities Using Museums / Libraries as Assets - A National Leadership Grants Special Initiative

• Emory University (PDF 169KB)
• Ohio History Connection - The Emerging New American Community Team (ENACT) (PDF 800KB)
• Triton College Dual Capacity Building Initiative (PDF 749KB)
• Woodland Park Zoo – Youth Climate Action Network - Catalyzing a Community (PDF 806KB)

Native American Library Services: Enhancement Grants

• Chilkat Indian Village (PDF, 291 KB)
• Crow Tribe of Indians (PDF, 426 KB)
• Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin (PDF, 411 KB)
• Makah Tribal Council (PDF, 324 KB)
• Nisqually Indian Tribe (PDF, 1 MB)

Native Hawaiian Library Services

• Hula Preservation Society (PDF, 331 KB)
• Papahana Kuaola (PDF, 779 KB)
• Sample Narrative (PDF, 336 KB)