54 AASLH member institutions were awarded prestigious Museums for America grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). These grants, representing funds of more than $5 million, will be used to restore and conserve collections, create new inclusive programming and exhibits, and many other worthy projects. We congratulate our members on the hard work that led to these awards, and look forward to seeing the results of these endeavors.
Adirondack Museum
Blue Mountain Lake, NY
$150,000
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum
Hollywood, FL
$105,600
Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
Hermitage, TN
$115,109
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
$149,164
Augusta Museum of History
Augusta, GA
$24,996
Bartlesville Area History Museum
Bartlesville, OK
$12,269
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn, NY
$129,599
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington
Seattle, WA
$148,531
Chicago History Museum
Chicago, IL
$59,491
Christ Church Preservation Trust
Philadelphia, PA
$24,775
Concord Museum
Concord, MA
$133,249
Connecticut Landmarks
Hartford, CT
$150,000
Dallas Heritage Village
Dallas, TX
$93,033
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
Elgin Area Historical Society
Elgin, IL
$24,770
Ford’s Theatre Society
Washington, D.C.
$150,000
Fort Ticonderoga Museum
Ticonderoga, NY
$147,006
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Santa Fe, NM
$150,000
Golden History Museums
Golden, CO
$25,000
Gold Nugget Museum and History Center
Paradise, CA
$24,236
Historic Annapolis
Annapolis, MD
$150,000
Historic Cherry Hill
Albany, NY
$30,841
Historic Hudson Valley
Pocantico Hills, NY
$149,780
Historic New England
Boston, MA
$150,000
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
$24,978
Jewish Museum of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
$150,000
Kent Historical Society
Kent, CT
$17,394
Levine Museum of the New South
Charlotte, NC
$150,000
Lost City Museum
Overton, NV
$9,503
Maine Historical Society
Portland, ME
$149,275
Maine State Museum
Augusta, ME
$85,397
Martha’s Vineyard Museum
Edgartown, MA
$109,040
Michigan History Center
Lansing, MI
$28,701
Missouri Historical Society
St. Louis, MO
$127,756
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge, MA
$23,978
Museum of the City of New York
New York, NY
$149,829
Museum of History and Industry
Seattle, WA
$149,977
Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, A.T. Still University
Kirksville, MO
$150,000
Mystic Seaport
Mystic, CT
$24,971
Nantucket Historical Association
Nantucket, MA
$150,000
Naper Settlement
Naperville, IL
$72,209
National Museum of American Jewish History
Philadelphia, PA
$150,000
Nebraska State Historical Society
Lincoln, NE
$70,215
New Bedford Whaling Museum
New Bedford, MA
$144,500
New Jersey State Museum
Trenton, NJ
$96,200
Portsmouth Athenaeum
Portsmouth, NH
$24,977
Preservation Society of Newport County
Newport, RI
$99,422
Queens Museum of Art
Queens, NY
$150,000
Rokeby Museum
Ferrisburgh, VT
$18,200
The Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
$54,967
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
Akron, OH
$25,000
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Dallas, TX
$150,000
The Strong, National Museum of Play
Rochester, NY
$149,994
Tryon Palace
New Bern, NC
$23,214