Maine State Museum among four in Maine to get NEH grants

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four Maine nonprofits, including the Maine State Museum, will recieve a combined $328,000 in grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

“I’m excited to announce that four of Maine’s cultural institutions have been offered significant grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities,” said U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st Distrrict, in announcing the grant awards. “These competitive grant awards speak to the quality of the organizations and Maine’s remarkable leadership in the arts and humanities,” said Pingree. “It’s important to recognize that federal investments, like these grants, help to support cities and towns across Maine and drive economic opportunity.”
Grants went to:
MAINE STATE MUSEUM, AUGUSTA: Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants — a matching grant to generate private support for a humanities project. Matching grant of $95,000.
MAINE HUMANITIES COUNCIL, PORTLAND: Dialogues on the Experience of War — Support for literature programs for veterans, outright grant of $98,779.
PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART, PORTLAND: Exhibitions: Implementation — Support to launch an exhibition for the public, outright grant of $100,000.
TRUSTEES OF ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, WINDHAM: Humanities Connections Planning Grants — Support for academic programs integrate multiple disciplines, outright grant of $34,995.
The grants are highly competitive and involve a rigorous peer-review process to ensure that the projects represent the highest level of humanities quality and public engagement, accordng to the news release.