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Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2024)
Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is a special initiative of the Museums for America program.
It is designed to support small museums of all disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, policy development and institutional planning, technology enhancements, professional development, community outreach, audience development, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation.
Inspire! has three project categories:
• Lifelong Learning • Institutional Capacity • Collections Stewardship and Access For the FY2024 grant cycle, the IMLS invites applications that commemorate America’s 250th anniversary as part of the agency’s IMLS250:
All Stories, All People, All Places initiative.
IMLS believes that the semiquincentennial is an opportunity to commemorate all lived experiences through civic engagement, public programs, and collections stewardship in preparation for 2026
It is designed to support small museums of all disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, policy development and institutional planning, technology enhancements, professional development, community outreach, audience development, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation.
Inspire! has three project categories:
• Lifelong Learning • Institutional Capacity • Collections Stewardship and Access For the FY2024 grant cycle, the IMLS invites applications that commemorate America’s 250th anniversary as part of the agency’s IMLS250:
All Stories, All People, All Places initiative.
IMLS believes that the semiquincentennial is an opportunity to commemorate all lived experiences through civic engagement, public programs, and collections stewardship in preparation for 2026
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Office: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Estimated Funding: $2,600,000
Office: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Estimated Funding: $2,600,000
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://imls.gov/grants/available/inspire-grants-small-museums
Additional Information of Eligibility:
See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for program eligibility criteria.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://imls.gov/grants/available/inspire-grants-small-museums
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
imls-museumgrants@imls.gov
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2023-08-15
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2011-05-26
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