Museums for America (2023)

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. The program has three project categories: Lifelong Learning, Community Engagement, and Collections Stewardship and Access. The program aims to advance the management and care of collections, promote access to museum and library collections, and support community engagement and lifelong learning. Some key aspects of the program include: • Supporting public programs, adult programs, family programs, and early childhood programs • Supporting exhibitions, interpretation, and digital media • Supporting in-school and out-of-school programs • Supporting audience research, evaluation, and outreach • Supporting community-driven exhibitions and programs • Supporting community-focused planning and civic engagement • Supporting cataloging, inventorying, and registration; collections information management; and collections planning • Supporting conservation and environmental improvement and/or rehousing; conservation surveys; and conservation treatment • Supporting database management, digital asset management, and digitization The program also emphasizes the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourages applicants to consider these factors when developing their projects.