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The Historical and Cultural
Museum Advancement Grant Program
Historical and Cultural Museum Grants are administered through the Historical and Cultural Museum Advancement Program. These grants are available to museums, operated by nonprofit organizations or local jurisdictions that have been open to the public on a regular basis for three years. The grants' main purpose is to identify and reward excellence in museum practice and to use state funds to leverage non-state support for historical and cultural museums.
Museum Education and Planning Grants (museum budgets under $50,000) assist museums, historical societies, and historic sites in creating organizational plans to guide their programming and institutional development. Museum Challenge Project Grants (museum budgets $50,000 to $250,000) provide support to museums for a wide range of projects from public interpretation to collections management. These grants are designed to encourage excellence in museum practices. Museum Enhancement Challenge Grants (museum budgets $250,000 and above) support flagship museums across the state that represent significant historical collections and offer quality public programs. Both of the “Challenge” grants require significant non-state support to match requested state funds.
For FY 2010 funding, an “Intention to Apply” form must be post-marked by December 12, 2008, and completed applications must be post-marked by March 27, 2009. Funds will become available at the start of the fiscal year on July 1, 2009.
For further information, contact Mary Alexander, Director, Museum Advancement Program, at (410) 514-7622.
Last updated: April 14, 2008
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