45.033: Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture

45.033

Active

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

Nov. 15, 2024

Nov. 15, 2024

This program supports projects that build the capacity of American Latino history and culture museums to serve their communities, and broadly advance the growth and development of a professional workforce in American Latino cultural institutions. The ALHC program has two goals and four objectives associated with each goal. Goal 1: Build the capacity of American Latino museums to serve their communities. Objective 1.1 Support the development, enhancement, and expansion of public programs, exhibitions, and/or school programs in American Latino museums. Objective 1.2 Support the growth and development of museum professionals at individual American Latino museums. Objective 1.3 Support the development of management practices and institutional policies and plans that advance the organizational health of American Latino museums. Objective 1.4 Support the management and care of collections in American Latino museums. Goal 2 : Advance the growth and development of a professional workforce in American Latino institutions. Objective 2.1 Support new or existing museum-based internship and fellowship programs for students pursuing studies relating to American Latino life, art, history, and culture. Objective 2.2 Support the creation of training and professional development programs, tools, or resources that build the knowledge, skills, and abilities of staff and/or volunteers at American Latino museums. Objective 2.3 Support forums that convene experts and stakeholders, including those from adjacent fields as appropriate, to explore current and emerging issues that affect the American Latino museums sector. Objective 2.4 Support the development and dissemination of tools and resources that serve the American Latino museums sector.

An applicant to this initiative must meet geographic and governance criteria and qualify as one of the following types of organizations: 1. A museum with a primary focus on American Latino life, art, history, and culture that uses a professional staff, is organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational, cultural heritage, or aesthetic purposes; owns or uses tangible objects, either animate or inanimate; cares for these objects; and exhibits these objects to the general public on a regular basis through facilities that it owns or operates. 2. A public or private nonprofit agency that is responsible for the operation of a museum that meets these criteria. 3. A museum service organization or association whose primary purpose, as reflected in its mission, is to support museums whose primary focus is on American Latino life, art, history, and culture. 4. An Institution of Higher Education, including Hispanic-Serving Institutions, that will engage in the project with one or more eligible museums. Applicants should consult the Notices of Funding Opportunity for more details.

Students enrolled in Institutions of Higher Education, including Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) who wish to pursue internships and fellowships at American Latino museums, and professionals working in American Latino museums.

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