The primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums. The Institute of Museums and Libraries is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 120,000 libraries and 35,000 museums and related organizations.
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The mission of IMLS is to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. We provide leadership through research, policy development, and grant making.
Mission: The mission of IMLS is to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. We provide leadership through research, policy development, and grant making.
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🏛️ Are you interested in learning more about Museums For All, an initiative dedicated to expanding community access?
Join staff from IMLS and the Association of Children's Museums next Thursday, 11/19 at 2 p.m. ET to learn more about how and why more than 580 museums participate in the program.
Register today ⤵️
Are you interested in learning more about Museums for All, an initiative dedicated to expanding community access?
🏛️ Reminder: IMLS is now accepting Museums for America, which support projects that strengthen the ability of an individual museum to serve its public. #IMLSgrants Museums for America has three project categories:
✅ Lifelong Learning
✅ Community Anchors
✅ Collections Stewardship and Access
Applications are due 11/16. Apply today ⤵️
The Museums for America (MFA) grant program supports projects that strengthen the ability of an individual museum to serve its public.
HAPPENING TODAY: Join The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and Theater of War Productions, for an evening of readings and a dialogue among distinguished poets and young poets of tomorrow—"Poetry for the Pandemic: An Intergenerational Performance and Discussion" tonight at 7 p.m. EDT!
Actors Bill Murray and Tracie Thoms will appear alongside the current 2020 National Student Poets as well as alumni and other distinguished poets, including former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. The event will be facilitated by Dr. Joshua Bennett and will feature additional readings from Mahogany L. Browne - Writer, Molly McCully Brown and Patricia Smith. The readings will be followed by a discussion.
Registration is still open! ⤵️
Poetry for the Pandemic: An Intergenerational Performance and Discussion An evening of readings and a dialogue among distinguished poets and young poets of tomorrow—a chorus of diverse voices exploring the transformative power of words.
🏛️ The November 16 deadline for IMLS's Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is fast approaching! If you are from a small museum, this is an excellent opportunity to apply for funding to address priorities in your organization's strategic plan. #IMLSgrants
Apply today ⤵️
Application: The FY 2021 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (PDF, 510KB) is now available. Grant Amount: $5,000–$50,000 Program Overview: Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is a special initiative of the Museums for America program. It is designed to help small museums implement projects that add...
In honor of #VeteransDay, we want to recognize some of our amazing grantees who are working with veteran's and their families every day or who are working hard to archive and preserve their stories. We are honored to support your work!
Be sure to check out the work these incredible projects and institutions:
➡️ Veterans Connect at the Library
➡️ Arizona Coalition for Military Families
➡️ Project Next Generation at Peoria PublicLibrary and Sparta Public Library
➡️ Children's Museum of Tacoma's Play is on Base partnership with Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM)
➡️ Boston Athenæum
➡️ Chicago Botanic Garden
➡️ New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center
➡️ Texas A&M University Libraries
➡️ USS Constitution Museum
➡️ Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Are you registered for tomorrow's "Poetry for the Pandemic: An Intergenerational Performance and Discussion" Zoom event at 7 p.m. ET presented by The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and Theater of War Productions?
The evening will feature readings and a dialogue among distinguished poets and young poets of tomorrow—a chorus of diverse voices exploring the transformative power of words. The event will be facilitated by Dr. Joshua Bennett with readings from actors Bill Murray and Tracie Thoms, Mahogany L. Browne - Writer, Juan Felipe Herrera, Molly McCully Brown, Patricia Smith, and the Class of 2020 National Student Poets. The readings will be followed by a discussion.
Registration is still open ⤵️
Poetry for the Pandemic: An Intergenerational Performance and Discussion An evening of readings and a dialogue among distinguished poets and young poets of tomorrow—a chorus of diverse voices exploring the transformative power of words.
Happy #VeteransDay! DYK: Women have been serving in critical civilian support roles for the military since the American Revolution. However, during World War II, approximately 350,000 American women volunteered for service in the Nurses Corps, the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs), the Women’s Air Force Service Pilots (WASPS), and many other capacities.
Learn more about how the National WASP WWII Museum is utilizing an IMLS grant to digitize a vast number of photographs, diaries, training schedules, classwork, letters and more to showcase these amazing women. ⤵️
With IMLS funding, the National WASP WWII Museum shares the history of women pilots who confronted gender barriers to serve their country.
Museums and libraries are often thought of as institutions of learning, but they are also a hub for resources and programs to support, develop, and preserve the stories of our veterans. For some, separating from service can be difficult, but museums and libraries are working to help veterans and their families find the right resources to access benefits, transition to civilian life, find job opportunities, and overcome post-traumatic stress disorder.
Across the country, institutions are using IMLS funding to create and expand these services to help veterans, and better connect the military with the community.
Read these stories of service compiled in honor of #VeteransDay on our blog ⤵️
Museums and libraries are often thought of as institutions of learning, but they are also a hub for resources and programs to support, develop, and preserve the stories of our veterans.
Do you have questions about the #REALMProject? Be sure to check out the FAQ's below. ⤵️
New questions are added to the list as they arise. You can also submit questions to our team with Battelle and OCLC directly on the site, as well.
These frequently asked questions about the REALM project address information about the project, methodology, materials and transmission of COVID-19.
🏛️ Reminder: IMLS is now accepting applications for Museums Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities for Museum Staff grants, which is a special initiative of the Museums for America grant program with the goal of strengthening the ability of an individual museum to serve its public through professional development activities that cut across various departments to generate systemic change within the museum. #IMLSgrants
Applications are due November 16. Apply today ⤵️
This is a special Museums for America (MFA) initiative to provide professional development and capacity building opportunities for eligible museums.
🏛️ Do you need help choosing which museum funding opportunity is the best fit for your project idea & your institution?
✅ Museums for America
✅ Inspire! Grants for Small Museums
✅ Museums Empowered
✅ National Leadership Grants for Museums
✅ Museum Grants for African American History & Culture
✅ Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services
Watch our presentation from August to learn more about each of our museum grant programs. ⤵️ Applications for all six programs are due on November 16, 2020. #IMLSgrants
Learn basic information to decide which IMLS museum funding program may fit your project idea and institution.
You don't want to miss this! Join the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and Theater of War Productions, for an evening of readings and a dialogue among distinguished poets and young poets of tomorrow—"Poetry for the Pandemic: An Intergenerational Performance and Discussion."
Actors Bill Murray and Tracie Thoms will appear alongside the current 2020 National Student Poets as well as alumni and other distinguished poets, including former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, on November 12 at 7pm EST. The event will be facilitated by Dr. Joshua Bennett.
Register below ⤵️
Poetry for the Pandemic: An Intergenerational Performance and Discussion An evening of readings and a dialogue among distinguished poets and young poets of tomorrow—a chorus of diverse voices exploring the transformative power of words.
🏛️ Reminder: The November 16 deadline to apply for National Leadership Grants for Museums is fast approaching! #IMLSgrants
National Leadership Grants for Museums support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practice in the profession so that museums can improve services for the American public. This program has five project categories:
➡️ Collections Stewardship and Access
➡️ Data and Evaluation
➡️ Digital Platforms and Applications
➡️ Diversity and Inclusion
➡️ Professional Development
Applications are due 11/16. ⤵️
National Leadership Grants for Museums provides grants to address critical needs of the museum field and to advance the profession.
🏦 Reminder: IMLS is currently accepting applications for 6️⃣ grant programs for museums!
✅ Museums for America
✅ Inspire! Grants for Small Museums
✅ Museums Empowered
✅ National Leadership Grants for Museums
✅ Museum Grants for African American History & Culture
✅ Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services
Applications for all six programs are due on November 16, 2020.
Learn more & apply today ⤵️
Museums across the U.S. have six opportunities in the coming months to apply for grants.
🏛️ Reminder: IMLS is now accepting Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services, which support Indian tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians in sustaining heritage, culture, and knowledge through exhibitions, educational services and programming, professional development, and collections stewardship. #IMLSgrants
Applications are due 11/16. Apply today ⤵️
This grant support Indian tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge.
ICYMI: Last month, the #REALMProject released individual toolkits specific to 🏦 museums, 📚 libraries, and 🗄 archives.
Select your institution type below to access a variety of toolkit resources to share with staff and stakeholders as you navigate your reopening journey ⤵️
View the latest resources and toolkits created by the REALM project to aid in the reopening of libraries, archives, and museums.
🏛️ Reminder: IMLS is now accepting applications for the Museum Grants for African American History & Culture program (AAHC program)!
The AAHC program supports projects that nurture museum professionals, build institutional capacity, and increase access to museum and archival collections at African American museums and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). #imlsgrants
Applications are due 11/16. Apply today ⤵️
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture support projects that improve operations, care of collections, and professional development.
Join the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and Theater of War Productions, for an evening of readings and a dialogue among distinguished poets and young poets of tomorrow—"Poetry for the Pandemic: An Intergenerational Performance and Discussion."
Actors Bill Murray and Tracie Thoms will appear alongside the current 2020 National Student Poets as well as alumni and other distinguished poets, including former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, on November 12 at 7pm EST. The event will be facilitated by Dr. Joshua Bennett.
Register below ⤵️
Poetry for the Pandemic: An Intergenerational Performance and Discussion An evening of readings and a dialogue among distinguished poets and young poets of tomorrow—a chorus of diverse voices exploring the transformative power of words.
🏛️ Reminder: IMLS is now accepting Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services, which support Indian tribes & organizations that primarily serve & represent Native Hawaiians in sustaining heritage, culture & knowledge through exhibitions, educational services & programming, professional development & collections stewardship. #IMLSgrants
Applications are due 11/16. ⤵️
This grant support Indian tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge.
🏛️ Reminder: IMLS is now accepting National Leadership Grants for Museums, which support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practice in the profession so that museums can improve services for the American public. #IMLSgrants
Applications are due 11/16. ⤵️
National Leadership Grants for Museums provides grants to address critical needs of the museum field and to advance the profession.
🥇🚨 LAST CALL: All nominations for the 2021 National Medal for Museum and Library Service are due today!
Anyone—an employee, a board member, a volunteer, a member of the public, or a government official—can nominate an institution.
The National Medal honors outstanding libraries and museums that have made significant and exceptional contributions in service to their communities.
Wishing you a safe and happy Halloween! 🎃👻☠️🧛
Photos courtesy of Juneau Public Libraries and Reading Public Library via Reading Eagle.
🏦 It’s no surprise that interactive exhibits attract more attention and make learning more fun. So when the Sealaska Heritage Institute was given the opportunity through an IMLS Native American Museum Services grant to enhance its tabletop display showing a satellite map of Southeast Alaska, they were eager to get started.
Learn more about this project today on our blog ⤵️
“Our Grandparents’ Names on the Land,” a Native American Museum Services Grant to the Sealaska Heritage Institute, brings interactive stories of the past into the present.
📝 Weekend to-do list:
☑️ Read a good book.
☑️ Take a virtual tour of a new museum.
☑️ Nominate your favorite museum or library for the 2021 National Medal for Museum and Library Service!
🥇 Nominations are due by Monday, November 2.
The National Medal honors outstanding libraries and museums that have made significant and exceptional contributions in service to their communities.
🏦 Reminder: IMLS is currently accepting applications for 6️⃣ grant programs for museums!
✅ Museums for America
✅ Inspire! Grants for Small Museums
✅ Museums Empowered
✅ National Leadership Grants for Museums
✅ Museum Grants for African American History & Culture
✅ Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services
Applications for all six programs are due on November 16, 2020.
Learn more & apply today ⤵️
Museums across the U.S. have six opportunities in the coming months to apply for grants.
🥇 Need inspiration for your 2021 National Medal for Museum and Library Service nomination?
To celebrate 25 years, we teamed up with StoryCorps to share stories from our award-winning institutions from the past decade.
Nominations for 2021 at due Monday, Nov. 2! Don't wait!
The National Medal for Museum and Library Service is the nation’s highest honor for institutions that make significant and exceptional contributions to their...
Do you have questions about the #REALMProject? Be sure to check out the FAQ's below. ⤵️
New questions are added to the list as they arise. You can also submit questions to our team with Battelle and OCLC directly on the site, as well.
These frequently asked questions about the REALM project address information about the project, methodology, materials and transmission of COVID-19.
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What are we thankful for at IMLS this Thanksgiving? This country's amazing museum and library staff who serve and support their communities everyday. Thanks so much for your hard work, and enjoy your 🦃!
Today, we'll hear stories from our #IMLSmedals finalist Wiggin Memorial Library in Stratham, New Hampshire. This small but mighty library loves the people that it serves and encourages everyone to find their own path. Where has the library inspired you to go? #ShareYourStory here all day!
Come discover the natural world and the cultural history of the West’s High Desert at The High Desert Museum, our #IMLSmedals finalist from Bend, Oregon. In 2017, the museum welcomed 180,000 visitors, ignited the curiosity of more than 12,000 school children, and provided 500 free memberships to Head Start families. (Video courtesy of High Desert Museum)
Today, we're honored to share stories from #IMLSmedals finalist National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. Through commemoration, exhibitions, and educational programs, the 9/11 Memorial Museum honors and remembers the 2,983 people killed on September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 and explores the continuing global impact of terrorism on individual lives and communities. This video, courtesy of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, provides an overview of the museum and its exhibits. #ShareYourStory
Experience the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston with us today! #ShareYourStory Watch as Marlin, a loggerhead sea turtle rescued and rehabilitated by the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Care Center in Charleston, SC, completes his journey home as he is released back to into the sea. (Video courtesy of the South Carolina Aquarium)
University of Minnesota Libraries's “Creative Heritage Initiative” includes testimonials from the major performing arts organizations in Minnesota about the importance of the libraries. #NationalMedal (Produced by Mark Engebretson)
There is no limit to the number or types of adventures children can have at the Mississippi Children's Museum! #NationalMedal
You weren’t the only one getting pampered this Valentine’s Day! The Detroit Zoo treated their animals to some tasty, unique snacks to celebrate the holiday. Jennie Miller explains how the zoo catered each treat to perfectly suit each animal.
You weren’t the only one getting pampered this Valentine’s Day! The Detroit Zoo treated their animals to some tasty, unique snacks to celebrate the holiday. Jennie Miller explains how the zoo catered each treat to perfectly suit each animal.
You weren’t the only one getting pampered this Valentine’s Day! The Detroit Zoo treated their animals to some tasty, unique snacks to celebrate the holiday. Jennie Miller explains how the zoo catered each treat to perfectly suit each animal. #NationalMedal
Friends, thank you for joining us live during our #IMLSat20 celebration. We love #libraries and #museums and especially love supporting them. We would like to hear from you about why you love your #museum and/or #library. Tag them on our page and show them your gratitude.
The U.S. Navy sends a 3D file to International Space Station #NationOfMakers #CapMakerFaire! Maker Caucus
Watch the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service Ceremony.
IMLS Video Spotlight! Check out this video with Rob Franklin, community member representing the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service winner, Madison Public Library. #NationalMedal Learn more about Madison Public Library and the other 2016 National Medal winners: https://www.imls.gov/2016-medals.
IMLS Video Spotlight! Check out this video with Casey Wylie, community member representing the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service winner, Mid-America Science Museum. #NationalMedal Learn more about Mid America Science Museum and the other 2016 National Medal winners: https://www.imls.gov/2016-medals.
IMLS Video Spotlight! Shooting Wars: Documentary Images of American Military Conflicts Check out this video with Marsha Gordon, community member representing the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service winner, NCSU Libraries. #NationalMedal Learn more about NCSU and the other 2016 National Medal winners: https://www.imls.gov/2016-medals
IMLS Video Spotlight! Check out this video with Christian Hopkins, community member representing the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service winner, Tomaquag Museum. #NationalMedal Learn more about Tomaquag Museum and the other 2016 National Medal winners: https://www.imls.gov/2016-medals
Join us as we celebrate National Library Week! #librariestransform First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. Hear from IMLS employee Jill Conners-Joyner and then tell us how and when you first fell in love with libraries.
Join us as we celebrate National Library Week! #librariestransform First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. Hear from IMLS Senior Program Officer Timothy Owens and then tell us how and when you first fell in love with libraries.
Join us as we celebrate National Library Week! #librariestransform First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. Hear from IMLS Senior Program Officer Sandra Toro and then tell us how and when you first fell in love with libraries.
Join us as we celebrate National Library Week! #librariestransform First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. Hear from IMLS Program Specialist Faith Steele and then tell us how and when you first fell in love with libraries.
Join us as we celebrate National Library Week! #librariestransform First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. Tell us how and when you first fell in love with libraries.
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