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Latin Jazz at California African American Museum in L.A. El Ritmo Latino (The Latin Beat) performs.

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Evansville Museum of History, Art, and Science

Evansville, IN

381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story
$4,855

To host two free, public lectures primarily for students, adults, and teachers related to 381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story.

Ypsilanti District Library

Ypsilanti, MI

The Dancer Within
$5,000

To support Illuminating The Dancer Within – a host of programs designed to complement the themes of the exhibit and to create excitement about it within our community. Programs include interactive family programs, performances, and film screenings.

Reynolda House Museum of American Art

Reynolda, NC

Ancestry and Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum
$5,000

To help support advertising and publications expenses related to the Ancestry and Innovation exhibition. The Museum will develop a Journal in Education newspaper insert to be distributed to teachers in local schools by the Winston Salem Journal newspaper. Funding will also allow the Museum to advertise for Gallery Talks and Portals of Discovery continuing education classes.

Troy-Hayner Cultural Center

Troy, OH

Covered Bridges: Spanning the American Landscape
$2,990

Several speaking events; a program for junior and high school students including a guided tour, bridge building activities, and a film screening; and to have the community create a six foot model bridge.

Museum of History and Art

Ontario, CA

Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey
$5,000

For educational programs to be presented in conjunction with Wondrous Cold and for promoting and marketing those activities. Project activities include: a lecture and slide presentation by the exhibition photographer; outreach to summer group audiences; an in-gallery hands-on activity cart; the printing of a promotional and registration brochure for summer group audiences; promotional flyer/poster and paid advertising promoting all program activities.

New Jersey Historical Society

Newark, NJ

Feast Your Eyes: The Unexpected Beauty of Vegetable Gardens
$5,000

To support several programs related to Feast Your Eyes: The Unexpected Beauty of Vegetable Gardens including: family days, garden workshops, and a complimentary exhibition highlighting local gardening and produce.

College Park Aviation Museum

College Park, MD

At the Controls: The National Air and Space Museum Looks at Cockpits
$5,000

To host a family day in conjunction with At the Controls where visitors will have the opportunity to sit behind real and virtual controls of aircraft from the Wright Brothers’ 1903 Flyer to modern fighter jets.

Santa Cruz Museum Association

Santa Cruz, CA

A Magic Web:The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado Island
$3,000

To develop educational programming in connection A Magic Web: The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado Island including a lecture; a free bi-lingual family program featuring a musical performance; and a self-guided tour brochure.

Parke County in Rockville

Rockville, IN

Covered Bridges: Spanning the American Landscape
$1,312

To help publicize the local showing of Covered Bridges: Spanning the American Landscape to the county and raise awareness to the needs and care that should be taken with the historical structures of covered bridges.

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