Welcome to the January edition of This Month in NYS Museums! In this newsletter... | | | Letter from ErikaTestimony of the Museum Association of New York Submitted to the 2024 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing | | | Inside the NYS Assembly Chambers on January 30 during the 2024 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing. Photo by Elizabeth Reiss, President & CEO, The Arts Center of the Capital Region | | | Dear Chairpersons Krueger, Weinstein, Ryan, Stirpe, Serrano, O’Donnell, and members of the Senate and Assembly finance committees, On behalf of the board of directors of the Museum Association of New York, our 750 members of every museum discipline and budget size in every region of our state, and our dedicated staff, I respectfully present this testimony with gratitude for the legislature’s steadfast support of New York’s museums. In doing so, I also seek your esteemed leadership in addressing three critical areas: 1) Providing financial support for museums, 2) Advancing the results of The Museum Study Act to tackle sector challenges, and 3) Securing funding for NY250 along with promoting inclusive representation in our cultural narratives. Your leadership in these areas is pivotal for the continued flourishing of our state’s rich cultural history. | | | | | Building a Social Justice MuseumIn Conversation with Jennifer Scott | | | Future headquarters of the National Urban League and Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem on 125th St., Harlem, New York. Image courtesy of National Urban League
| Scheduled to open in 2025-2026, the Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem will be New York’s first museum dedicated to civil rights. The museum planners are considering how museums can inspire the social change we want to see happen and how we build a museum that is more democratic and one that critiques the flaws within our democratic systems? These are crucial questions for the museum’s inaugural director and chief curator Jennifer Scott. | | | | | | | | | MANY is committed to salary transparency. All job postings require a salary range. | | | | | Hiring? MANY Organizational and Industry Members post museum jobs for free. For other job posting opportunities, please contact the MANY office at info@nysmuseums.org or call 518-273-3400 | | | Giving Voice to Value
2024 Annual Conference
April 6 - 9 | Albany, NY | | | Early Bird Registration is open!
Join hundreds of museum professionals from across the state to discuss the proposition that it is time to look at new ways to communicate our value to stakeholders, funders, legislators, visitors, and communities. Museums dedicate resources to rationalize relevance, impact, community service, and investment in collections, programs, and facilities. The 2024 annual conference "Giving Voice to Value" features: → Over 100 presenters in 25 concurrent sessions, pre-conference workshops, and capstone experiences; → two keynotes; → special events at the New York State Education Department Building, the New York State Museum; → eclipse viewing and after party;
→ and a Night at the Museums tour.
Early bird registration closes Friday, February 16! | | | | | | | | | | | Conference Special Events Have fun with friends old and new after the conference session end! Add a special event to your conference registration –Dinner at The Hollow, Eclipse After Party at the New York State Museum, Dinner at the New York State Museum, and Night at the Museums! | | | | | Meet our 2024 Conference Keynotes! | | | | | Ben Garcia Executive Director The American LGBTQ+ Museum | | | | Jennifer Scott Executive Director The Urban Civil Rights Museum | | | | Margaret Middleton Independent Exhibit Designer and Museum Consultant | | | Meet MANY+ MuseumHue Online | | | Success in School Partnerships Friday, February 16, 2024
12 - 1:30 PM EST Join us and MuseumHue on Friday, February 16 for a discussion all about museums and school partnerships with Michelle Wohlgemuth Cooper (Guggenheim Museum), Ron Chaluisan Batlle (Newark Trust for Education), and Sonnect Takahisa (Consultant). Virtual program is free; advance registration required. | | | | | | | Digital Communications Engagement Best Practices Friday, February 23, 2024
12 - 1:30 PM EST Join MANY and MuseumHue on Friday, February 23 as we explore current digital communications engagement best practices with Kate Meyers Emery (Candid), Bryce Armijo (Poster House), and Ansley Jemison (Ganondagan State Historic Site, Seneca Art and Culture Center). Virtual program is free; advance registration required. | | | | | These virtual programs were organized in partnership with Museum Hue, a nationally recognized organization that works to paint a larger portrait of the arts and culture field by providing greater support and recognition for Black, Indigenous, and people of color throughout museums and other cultural entities across the United States. |
Virtual programs are free with thanks to support from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. MANY is committed to making our virtual programs as accessible as possible. ASL interpretation is provided by Interpretek. All virtual programs are recorded and available for MANY members via the Member Resource page within 7 days of the live program.
| | | 2024 Virtual Annual Meeting Friday, March 1, 12 - 1 PM EST Please join MANY staff and board on Friday, March 1 for our virtual annual meeting where we will welcome new board members, thank our outgoing board members, review the 2023 financial report, 2023 program highlights, and look at what's ahead for the Museum Association of New York. | | | | | | | New York State Council on the Arts Professional Development Grants for Museums
New York State-based non-profit museums or museum service organizations may apply for support to attend conferences, bring in consultants for in-house training, or participate in training that directly relates to the museum’s work and connects to NYSCA’s mission. Awards will be for up to $1,000 for professional development opportunities within New York State and up to $500 out of state. Application closes March 1, 2024 at 5 PM
Learn more or email Kristin.Herron@arts.ny.gov | | | New York State Canal Corporation and Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Tourism Infrastructure & Amenity Support
Program supports capital improvement projects and acquisition of equipment and amenities that enhance tourism, especially overnight stays, and recreational assets along the NYS Canal System (Canal waterways and Canalway Trail). Applicant may request up to 10 percent of the grant award amount for project management (unless staff salary is used to meet match requirements). If requested, the 10 percent must be included in the project budget as part of the total grant request (not in addition to the grant request). Award range: $5,000 to $24,000
Applications open January 8, 2024
Applications due February 23, 2024
Learn more
Event Support This program supports public events and festivals that encourage exploration and enjoyment of the wealth of cultural, heritage, nature and recreational offerings within New York State's canal corridor. Award range: $500 to $3,000
Applications open January 8, 2024
Applications due February 23, 2024
Learn more | | | Institute of Museum and Library Services 21st Century Museum Professionals Program The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for its relaunched 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (21MP). 21MP will support projects that offer professional development opportunities to the current museum workforce, employ strategies to train and recruit future museum professionals, or evaluate such efforts. In addition to supporting the museum field, 21MP aims to contribute to US economic recovery. A special emphasis for the program this cycle will be on spurring economic growth through workforce development in the post-pandemic environment, especially for cultural institutions in rural and economically distressed communities. Applications due March 1, 2024
Learn more | | | National Park Service African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund are designed to advance place-based cultural heritage preservation projects for historic places representing African American cultural heritage. The Action Fund awards grants across four project categories: Capital Projects, Organizational Capacity Building, Project Planning, and Programming and Interpretation.
Grants made from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund range from $50,000 to $150,000. Applications due February 1, 2024 Learn more
Semiquincentennial Grant Program
The National Park Service is accepting applications for the third round of funding for the Semiquincentennial Grant Program. This grant program was created by Congress in 2020 to support the preservation of sites and structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places that commemorate the founding of the nation.
The FY2023 round features several notable changes from the previous round:
In addition to resources that were built during the founding period (i.e. prior to 1800), resources that commemorate the people, places, and events of the founding period are eligible for funding if they meet the other program requirements related to ownership and National Register listing.
Resource specific plans, studies, and reports are eligible as standalone projects and do not need to be conducted as part of a preservation project. Pre-preservation projects that do not include physical work to a resource may apply for grants of $15,000-$75,000.
Awards for physical preservation projects are $75,000 - $750,000.
Work to properties owned by entities other than the state. This includes properties owned by local governments, nonprofits, tribes and other applicant types. Preference will be given to state owned properties.
The Semiquincentennial Grant Program is funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) and managed by the National Park Service. Funding for the HPF is provided from Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease revenues, not tax dollars. Congress has appropriated $10,000,000 for the Semiquincentennial Grant Program for FY2023. Applications are due March 5, 2024 Learn more | | | | | Doing History in Polarized Times Virtual Summit
American Association of State and Local History
February 8 - 9, 2024
Political and cultural divisions in America today pose great challenges to the history field. While research shows that there is broad public support for a full and honest portrayal of American history, there are also basic disagreements that persist. How can our field navigate disputes about the past, build on areas of consensus, and make the most of the transformative potential of the coming U.S. 250th anniversary? This virtual summit from the American Association for State and Local History, held over the course of two half-days, will explore recent research, emerging strategies, and case studies to help history practitioners work more effectively in today’s fractious discourse. We will also consider the needs of history doers working in this difficult environment and our field’s role in identifying common ground and connecting past and present.
Learn more and register | | | Repatriating the Red Jacket Peace Medal and Cultivating Museum Partnerships Western New York Library Resources Council
Join Melissa Brown, Executive Director of The Buffalo History Museum, and Dr. Joe Stahlman, Director of the Seneca Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office, for a discussion centered on the relationship between the one regional Indigenous community and the Buffalo History Museum. Executive Director Brown and Dr. Stahlman share their story and some of the complexities behind the Red Jacket Peace Medal, which was repatriated back in 2021. Together, they share this unique history and discuss how this one moment opened a set of doors that has allowed the WNY Indigenous arts and culture community to interact with the Buffalo History Museum, which has broadened how and the ways that we share our collective regional stories. Webinar happening on Thursday, February 15 at 2 PM EST Click here to learn more and register | | | Somos Boricuas The Bronx Music Heritage Center and Brooklyn College, are pleased to announce Somos Boricuas, a two-week summer institute for K-12 educators. This Institute, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, will offer K-12 educators learning tools, resources, lesson ideas, and historical and social content for teaching about immigration and migration experience of first- and second generation- Latin Americans, with a special focus on Puerto Rico. It will also offer insights and classroom applications that summer scholars can adapt to their teaching of other recent migrant/immigrant cultures. Happening in New York City from July 14-27, 2024. Applications due March 5. Learn more If you have questions, email or call Elena Martínez at emartinez@citylore.org, 917-557-2354. | | | | | Congratulations to MANY Executive Director Erika Sanger who was selected as one of City & State's Fifty Over 50 honorees this year!
"One of the defining characteristics of New York is its thriving museum scene, and Erika Sanger is committed to the success of these cultural attractions statewide." | | | | | | | | | What's happening at your museum? How is your museum growing institutional resources, including welcoming new staff and board members and securing funding for projects, how is your museum working with their community and visitors; and how we use our exhibitions and collections in new ways. The deadline to submit for the February “This Month in NYS Museums” newsletter is February 16. Email meves@nysmuseums.org | | | | | |
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