Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support a fellowship as part of the pilot initiative to train Chinese museum professionals

Training of Chinese Museum Professionals

to provide supplemental funding to support one short term fellowship as part of the pilot initiative to train Chinese museum professionals

to support planning for reinstallation of the museum’s Asian Collections

Reinstallation of the Asian Wing

to support and endow efforts for developing new exhibitions and enhanced revenues that will be supportive of the Museum’s mission

Endowment Challenge Grant

to support the Museum’s consultation with the Dunhuang Research Academy on the selection of display technology for a planned visitors center in Dunhuang, China

Dunhuang Vistors Center

to support the reinstallation, refurbishing, and conservation of the museum's Northwest Coast Hall

Northwest Coast Hall Reinstallation - Phase 2

to support planning efforts for the reinstallation, refurbishing, and conservation of the museum's Northwest Coast Hall

Northwest Coast Hall Reinstallation - Planning Phase

to support a final grant for the curatorial and conservation activities associated with the museum’s Northwest Coast Hall reinstallation

Northwest Coast Hall Reinstallation - Final Phase

to assist a program of curatorial support services in its Department of Anthropology

Curatorial Support

to support the cataloging of hidden collections

Cataloging Special Collections

to support a project to create an integrated digital library of research resources and scientific collections

Integrated Digital Library

to cover the losses the institution incurred as a result of September 11, 2001, and to support feasibility studies and planning for major forthcoming exhibitions and associated educational programs

Disaster Recovery Relief Fund

General Support

General support

Capital Fund Drive

to develop a conservation program for its anthropology collections

Anthropology Collection Conservation

to support a training program for Latin American scientists at the National Museum of Natural History

Latin American Training Program - Natural History Collections Management

to continue support of the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on Latin American plants

Latin American Plants Initiative

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on Latin American plants

to support a training program for Latin American scientists

Latin American Training Program

to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund

Art Museum Futures Fund

to continue support for ongoing community exchange and collaborative conservation with Indigenous partners, and to develop and disseminate guidelines for respectfully working with Native communities to other museums and cultural centers

Collaborative Action with Native American and Indigenous Materials, Cultures, and Communities

to continue support of the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on the plants of Latin America and other areas

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of Africa, Latin America, and other areas

to continue support of the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on African plants

African and Latin American Plants Initiative

to continue support of the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on African plants and to begin a similar effort in Latin America

to support an initiative to strengthen curatorial and conservation capacities of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

National Museum of African American History and Culture - Core Institutional Support

to support capacity building and the acquisition of vulnerable collections

Capacity Building 

to support the reinstallation and reinterpretation of the Hall of Native North America

Hall of Native North America Reinstallation

to continue support for the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

Plants Initiative

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on African plants

African Plants Initiative

Capacity Building II 

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

Artists as Catalysts

Artists as Catalysts Navigation Image

Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 