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Museums for America (2023)

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: Reagan Moore Senior Museum Program Officer rmoore@imls.gov Laura Zamarripa Museum Program Specialist lzamarripa@imls.gov Community Engagement: Sarah Glass Senior Museum Program Officer sglass@imls.gov Ashley Jones Museum Program Specialist ajones@imls.gov Collections Stewardship and Access: Mark Feitl Senior Museum Program Officer mfeitl@imls.gov Lola Clairmont Museum Program Specialist lclairmont@imls.gov

Email

IMLS-MuseumGrants@imls.gov

IMLS-MuseumGrants@imls.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
fy23-oms-mfa-nofo.pdf
FY23 Museums for America Notice of Funding Opportunity
Aug 15, 2022 05:37 PM UTC

Link to additional information

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

Closed: November 15, 2022

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-FY23

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Humanities

Arts

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

4

Posted date:

August 15, 2022

Archive date:

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