Museum Archives Section

Repository of the Month

Albany Institute of History and Art
Albany, NY

Funding Sources

Andrew F. Mellon Foundation makes grants in five core program areas: higher education, museums and art conservation, performing arts, conservation and the environment, and public affairs.

Getty Grant Program
All grants promote the understanding and conservation of the visual arts.

Research
Support for individuals and institutions throughout the world to promote scholarship in the history of art.

Conservation
Support for art collections, historic buildings, and archaeological sites.

Education and Professional Development
Support for training of professionals, internships, and museum interpretation.

IMLS - Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent federal agency that fosters leadership, innovation and a lifetime of learning. IMLS supports all types of museums, from art and history to science and zoos, and all types of libraries and archives, from public and academic to research and school. IMLS expands the educational benefit of these institutions by encouraging partnerships.

NEA - National Endowment for the Arts
The Arts Endowment awards grants to nonprofit organizations in three areas: Access to Artistic Excellence, Learning in the Arts, Challenge America, and Partnership Agreements. Forty percent of its funds are awarded to state and jurisdictional arts agencies and six regional arts organizations.

NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH grants typically go to cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries, colleges, universities, public television, and radio stations, and to individual scholars. The grants:
- strengthen teaching and learning in the humanities in schools and colleges across the nation
-facilitate research and original scholarship
-provide opportunities for lifelong learning
-preserve and provide access to cultural and educational resources
-strengthen the institutional base of the humanities

NHPRC - National Historical Publications and Records Commission
The Commission funds projects that deal with the following kinds of documentary source material:

-records of state, county, municipal, tribal, or other non-Federal units of government
-manuscripts, personal and family papers, or organizational and business archives
-collections of photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings, electronic records, and/or such visual materials as unpublished architectural, cartographic, and engineering drawings
More on NHPRC funding

NSF - National Science Foundation

Technology Opportunities Program
TOP projects demonstrate how digital networks support lifelong learning for all Americans, help public safety officials protect the public, assist in the delivery of health care and public health services, and foster communication, resource-sharing, and economic development within rural and urban communities.

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