National Endowment for the Humanities Awards $300,000 Infrastructure Grant
Waverly, Ohio- Waverly is one step closer to seeing a new main library. The Garnet A. Wilson Public Library of Pike County has received a $300,000 Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NEH grants typically go to cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries, colleges, universities, public television, and radio stations, and to individual scholars to help build their humanities capacity and infrastructure. Since its creation in 1965, NEH has awarded more than $5.6 billion for humanities projects through more than 64,000 grants.
Natosha Massie, Director of the Garnet A. Wilson Public Library says, âThe library has been raising funds to build the new main library facility since 2015. The community has shown tremendous support of the project and, as of now, nearly $1.1M has been received or pledged during the campaign. This g
CHATHAM â The Shaker Museum was awarded a $550,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to improve its facilities.
The Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant money will be used for a climate-controlled collections storage facility within the new museum building, which is planned for downtown Chatham.
âShaker Museum is tremendously grateful to the National Endowment for the Humanities for this grant, which will help us as we reanimate the museum and begin this new and exciting chapter,â said Shaker Museum Executive Director Lacy Schutz in a statement. âAs stewards of this incredible collection, our first priority must be to preserve and protect this material so we can then in turn share it with generations to come. This grant will help us do just that. We are honored to be included in the NEHâs 2020 grant cycle, which includes so many valuable cultural endeavors across the country.â