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 […]
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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
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Gchi Mshijkenh Deh Minising/Heart of the Great Turtle Island This grant will support a collaborative effort involving the State of Michigan, four tribes, and local partners in developing and interpreting the west side of Straits State Park in St. Ignace, MI. The project will add Anishinaabe context to the story of Michigan told at the
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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
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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
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“Hear Me Now:” The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina – Programming at the UM Museum of Art This grant will support educational programming associated with the “Hear Me Now” exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). The programming will be designed in collaboration with exhibition co-curator and UM Professor of
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“I Made This….” Black Artists and Artisans Conference Colonial Williamsburg will use this grant to support a conference related to the “I Made This…” exhibition that celebrates Black artistry in the fields of folk, fine and decorative arts. The conference will feature three days of activities, including keynote presentations by historians, lectures by CW’s curatorial
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The Price of Luxury in American Art (1675-1870) This grant will support the reinstallation of the permanent collection of American art at the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, MA. The reinstallation will connect important portraiture and other fine art with the museum’s significant collection of early American decorative arts by examining the human and environmental
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Recovering New England’s Voices Historic New England, an historic preservation organization headquartered in Boston, MA, will use this grant to support a second-year Research Scholar for Recovering New England’s Voices, a multi-year initiative to challenge traditional narratives and promote healing, community, collaboration, and inspiration at our historic sites. The scholar will build upon research into the experiences
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The Contemplative Site This grant will contribute to the construction of a special area at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello where guests can reflect on the issues of freedom and slavery that they encounter during their visit. The site will include an artistic installation that contains a permanent list of names of 609 individuals known to have
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