Grant Awards Announcement: American Heritage Preservation Program
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today 54 awards totaling $152,112 for American Heritage Preservation grants. IMLS received 146 applications requesting $412,952 in funds.
Read MoreIMLS Announces Save America’s Treasures Grant Awards
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded nine Save America’s Treasures Grants. Save America’s Treasures makes critical investments in the preservation of our nation’s most significant and endangered cultural treasures, which illu…
Read MoreIMLS to Sponsor Six Connecting to Collections Webinars
From October 28 through December 9, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), in partnership with Heritage Preservation and the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), will be sponsoring a series of six webinars based on th…
Read MoreGuidelines Announced for American Heritage Preservation Grants
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation are pleased to announce the 2011 guidelines for the American Heritage Preservation Program.
Read MoreIMLS Seeks Applications for Save America’s Treasures Program
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is seeking applicants for the Save America’s Treasures (SAT) grant program. These grants, totaling $14 million in 2010, support the preservation and conservation of nationally significant intellectual…
Read MoreTreasures Preserved with Grants from the Bank of America/IMLS American Heritage Preservation Program
A school attendance record taken by Robert Frost when he served as a substitute teacher, a gown worn to the second inaugural ball of Abraham Lincoln, and a painted trunk made in 1702 in Uppsala, Sweden, will be preserved for future generations with gra…
Read MoreIMLS and SGS Issue Report on the Preservation of World Cultural Heritage
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Salzburg Global Seminar announce release of the report, “Connecting to the World’s Collections: Making the Case for Conservation and Preservation of Our Cultural Heritage” based on a seminar h…
Read MoreIMLS Calls for 2007 Conservation Project Support Grant Applications–Deadline: October 1, 2006
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is accepting grant applications to the agency’s FY 2007 Conservation Project Support (CPS) program. “Roughly 190 million objects held in America’s collecting institutions are in need of treatment,” said agency director Dr. Anne-Imelda M. Radice citing the Heritage Health Index, the first comprehensive survey of the condition of preservation at museums, libraries, and archives. “We must do better. I strongly encourage museums to apply for these grants.”
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