American Heritage

Revolutionizing Icons: Reimagining the 18th-century Art of the Americas Galleries This multi-year grant will support the reinstallation of the 18-century Art of the Americas galleries at the MFA Boston in preparation for the U.S. 250th anniversary. The new galleries will include paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, and works on paper from the period 1680 to 1820 […]

Worlds Collide: Archaeology and Global Trade in 18th-Century Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg will use this grant to create a contextual video to accompany “Worlds Collide,” an exhibition of archaeological materials excavated in Williamsburg, VA, that will be on view at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum from October 2024 through October 2029. The display will highlight

Keynote at the 8th Annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference Featuring Michael Harriot This grant will support the keynote address at the 8th Slave Dwelling Project Conference, October 3-5, 2024, in Philadelphia. This year’s theme, The Illusion of Freedom: Slavery in the Northern States, will explore American chattel slavery in northern states prior to and after

Unveiling the Untold: Illuminating African American Stories at Valley Forge Recent research has identified 112 civilians and 521 soldiers of African descent who were engaged at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. This grant will support an initiative by the Valley Forge Park Alliance to uncover and disseminate the often-overlooked narratives of these individuals. The

Civic Season Made By Us’ Civic Season program works to connect 18- to 30-year-olds to the U.S. national story. Only 27% of Americans in this age demographic have basic knowledge of U.S. history and only 16% are proud to live in the United States. Museums and historic sites, with credible expertise across the field of

Legacies of 1619: Law and Race at Jamestown The Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation will use this grant to expand its public programming to create a self-guided tour focused on the First Africans who arrived in Virginia in 1619. The tour will cover two central themes: (1) the origins of the rule of law in America and

Reducing Barriers to Historic Resources Historic Locust Grove, an 18th-century farm site and National Historic Landmark near Louisville, Kentucky, will use this grant to install outdoor interpretive signage, accessible to visitors throughout the 55-acre site, to illuminate the stories of the historic people who lived and worked on the property. The signage will present the site’s

Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the early American North Unnamed Figures is an exhibition and publication developed by the American Folk Art Museum in New York that explores the often-unacknowledged presence of Black makers and subjects in the visual and material culture of the 18th and early 19th centuries in the North American