The Arkansas Heritage is seeking applications for its Small Museum Grants Program.
Donor Name: Arkansas Heritage
State: Arkansas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/19/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Grant Program Goals
The Division of Arkansas Heritage has set these goals for Small Museum Grants:
- Promote education, awareness and enjoyment of Arkansas history.
- Increase ability of community-based small museums/organization to research, preserve, present and conserve Arkansas history.
Funding Information
The maximum grant award is $2,500.
Eligible Activities
Small Museums Grants can be used to underwrite an eligible museum’s general operating expenses. The following expenses are eligible for inclusion within the grant application:
- Conservation materials
- Building and grounds maintenance
- Operating costs for utilities and HVAC
- Equipment purchase ($1,000 limit)
- Accessioning of artifact collections
- Research
- Website design and maintenance
- Exhibits
- Interpretation (brochures, educational programming and exhibits)
- Educational programs for K – 12 grade students or adults
- Printing, publicity and marketing
- Postage and telephone
- Travel and transportation
- In-state travel for research and training
- Lodging for museum staff only
- Transportation costs required for research and training must be itemized, stated in the form of roundtrip miles, and not exceed the state government rate per round trip mile
- Meals for paid and non-paid museum staff
- Staff Training
- Museum practices and standards
- Archival training
- Interpretive training
- Collections management.
Eligibility Criteria
- The museum must have an annual operating budget of $250,000 or less.
- The museum must have a staff of at least one person qualified with museum training, knowledge and experience.
- Staff may be paid or volunteer. The museum staff must devote time primarily to the care of the museum and its collections.
- The museum must be open to the public at least 90 days per year.
Additional Requirements
- Located in Arkansas.
- Tax exempt status (501(c)(3)) with the IRS or be part of a nonprofit organization.
- May receive no state or federal funds for operating costs.
- Strong educational component to the museum’s/organization’s programming. Educational programming should be designed to benefit the general public.
- Have a formally stated and board approved mission statement and bylaws.
- Use and interpret objects and/or a site for the public presentation of regularly scheduled programs and exhibits.
- Have a formal and appropriate program of documentation, care, and use of the collections and/or objects.
- Must carry out the above functions primarily at a physical facility or site.
- Recipient must have been operational and open to the public for at least two years.
- Full-time director to whom authority is delegated for day-to-day operations.
Evaluation Criteria
The Small Museum Grant Program is funded by the one-eighth cent conservation tax which is a limited source. Not every applicant can be funded.
For more information, visit Arkansas Heritage.
