December 2005: IUPUI University Library

Recipient: Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis University Library, Indianapolis, IN Grant Program: National Leadership Grant Title of Project: IUPUI and the Indianapolis Museum of Art Community Project Contact: Sonja Staum, Project Director 317-278-9417 sstaumku@iupui.edu Website Need Knowing that art can be a powerful teaching tool in the K–12 classroom, the IUPUI University...

November 2005: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Recipient: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM Grant Program: National Leadership Grant Title of Project: Proyecto Futuro [Project Future] Contact: Madeleine Correa Zeigler, Project Director 505-841-2857 maddie.zeigler@state.nm.us Website Need The towering dinosaur fossil displays, the realistic cave exhibit, and the interactive simulated volcanoes at the New Mexico...

October 2005: State Library and Archives of Florida

Recipient: State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, FL Grant Program: National Leadership Grant Title of Project: Digitizing the Florida Folklife Collection Contact: Joanna (Jody) Norman 850-245-6706 jring@dos.state.fl.us Website Need The State Library and Archives of Florida received a rich collection from the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs that was virtually unusable because...

September 2005: Young At Art Children’s Museum

Recipient: Young At Art Children’s Museum, Davie, FL Grant Program: National Leadership Grant, Museums in the Community Contact: Mindy Shrago 954-424-0085 Email www.youngatartmuseum.org/ Need Homeless children are by most accounts among the fastest growing segments of the homeless population, accounting for 25 percent of the urban homeless population. Homelessness causes difficult social...