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Museums for America (2024)

Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services

Assistance Listings
  • 45.301 -- Museums for America

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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The Museums for America program supports museums of all sizes and disciplines in strategic, project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. Museums for America has three project categories: • Lifelong Learning • Community Engagement • Collections Stewardship and Access

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for program eligibility criteria.

Grantor contact information

Description

Lifelong Learning: Helen Wechsler Supervisory Grants Management Specialist hwechsler@imls.gov Community Engagement: Sarah Glass Senior Museum Program Officer sglass@imls.gov Collections Stewardship and Access: Mark Feitl Senior Museum Program Officer mfeitl@imls.gov imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

Email

imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
fy24-oms-mfa-nofo.pdf
FY24 Museums for America Notice of Funding Opportunity
Aug 15, 2023 04:14 PM UTC

Link to additional information

https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/museums-america

Closed: November 15, 2023

Application process

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Award

$21,699,000

Program Funding

120

Expected awards

$5,000

Award Minimum

$250,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

MFA-FY24

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

--

Category of Funding Activity:

Humanities

Arts

Category Explanation:

--

History

Version:

1

Posted date:

August 15, 2023

Archive date:

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