Federal Grant Opportunity for Small and Mid-Sized Museums

IMLS, in a private-public partnership with Bank of America Charitable Foundation, has released its guidelines for the American Heritage Preservation Grants. This program is designed to fund the preservation of endangered and fragile collections of art, rare books, scientific specimens, and historical documents (photographs, maps, deeds, etc.) held in the nation’s small- and medium-sized museums, archives, and libraries.

Guidelines can be found here. The deadline is September 15, 2010.

So get writing! SMA wishes all applicants luck in applying for this grant opportunity.