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21st Century Museum Professionals

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American Heritage Preservation Grants

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Connecting to Collections: Statewide Planning Grants

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Conservation Project Support

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Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program

Priority 1: Master's Level Programs

Priority 2: Doctoral Programs

Priority 3: Pre-professional Programs


Priority 4: Research

Priority 5: Programs to Build Institutional Capacity

 

Museums for America

Cover letter (PDF, 523KB)

$5,000-50,000 $51,000-75,000 $75,001-150,000
Engaging Communities • Mint Museum of Art
• North Carolina Aquarium Society
• Museum of the Aleutians
• Orpheum Children's Science Museum
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• City of Corpus Christi
• Bucks County Historical Society
Building Institutional Capacity • James & Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts
• Muriel L. McGregor Trust
• Homer Society of Natural History
• National Maritime Center
• Oberlin Heritage Center
• Prairie Ecology Bus Center
• Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
Collections Stewardship • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
• San Diego Society of Natural History
• Franklin County Historical Society
• Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
• Maine Historical Society

 

Museum Grants for African American History and Culture

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National Leadership Grants:

Cover letter (PDF, 170KB)

for Museums:

Advancing Digital Resources
2007; 2008

Research
2007; 2008

Demonstration

Library and Museum Collaboration

Collaborative Planning Grant
2007; 2008

for Libraries:

Advancing Digital Resources

Research

Demonstration

Library and Museum Collaboration

Collaborative Planning Grant

 

Native American Library Services: Enhancement Grants

Fort Belknap Meeting Community Needs

Miami Tribe Libraries Lost and Found

Pueblo of Pojoaque Raising Readers

Technology Library Innovations for Education (T-LIFE)

The Tundra Times Indexing Project Narrative

 

Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services

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Native Hawaiian Library Services

Sample Narrative

 

Save America's Treasures

City of Boston

Museum of Northern Arizona

Nebraska Historical Society

New York State Museum

Parish of Plaquemines

University of Tennessee

 

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