Cultivating Curiosity at Lincoln Park Zoo Using Interpretive Programming Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo exhibit on Japanese macaques, or snow monkeys, brings science and research to the forefront with interpretive programming.
Everyone is Welcome: How a Minnesota Library is Reaching Its Somali Residents More Somalis live in Minnesota than in any other state. Here’s how the Hennepin County Library is connecting with its diverse community.
How the National Jazz Museum in Harlem is Bringing Music to the Masses Limited by small museum space, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem embarked on a one-year project to digitize two of their cornerstone collections and create two exhibition kiosks.
How Library Gardens are Growing Communities in Georgia Gwinnett County Public Library launched a gardening program with STEAM programming that changed the way its 15 branches engaged with their communities.
Aging Creatively at the Columbia Museum of Art When faced with an increasing senior population, the Columbia Museum of Art used a grant from IMLS to modify its culture and programming to make arts participation more inclusive for seniors.
Digitizing 30 Years of Alaskan Tribal Heritage For 30 years, the Celebration event of Southeast Alaska encapsulated the pride of three tribal communities. Sealaska Heritage Institute digitized over 250 videotapes, ensuring that a record of these events would be accessible for future generations.
Best Practices in Preparing for the Worst: Florida's Connecting to Collections The Florida Association of Museums answered a call for help in improving collections policies and emergency plans of collecting institutions of many disciplines across Florida.
Sharing the Love of Literature: Book Clubs and Author Tours Unite Marylanders For 10 years, the Maryland State Library, Maryland Center for the Book at Maryland Humanities, along with other nonprofit and corporate partners, have explored what happens in communities when everyone reads one book at the same time.
Outstanding Libraries and Museums Honored with Nation's Highest Award for Dedication, Commitment to their Communities IMLS awarded the National Medal for Museum and Library Service to ten museums and libraries at a July 17 ceremony at the National Archives Museum in Washington, D.C.
