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This article originally appeared on the Niagara County website. Niagara County is in the process forming a committee to plan for celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States on July 4, 2026, according to Legislatu...

This article originally appeared in a New York State Education Department press release. A new exhibition, Each One Inspired: Indigenous Art Across the Homelands, is now open for the public to view at the New York State Museum, State Educa...

This article originally appeared in a NYC Cultural Affairs newsletter. NYC Cultural Affairs Commissioner Laurie Cumbo recently kicked off a five-borough tour celebrating new capital funding for cultural capital projects across the city. In...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. The William G. Pomeroy Foundation is now accepting online applications for its Legends & Lore® Marker Grant Program, which helps communities promote cultural tou...

This article originally appeared in a New York State Education Department press release. The New York State Archives awarded $5.2 million in Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund (LGRMIF) grants to 87 local governments, school di...

This article originally appeared in an IMLS press release. Museums and related organizations across the United States have six opportunities in the coming months to apply for grants from the nation’s primary source of federal funding for museum...

This article originally appeared in a National Edowment for the Humanities newsletter. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $41.3 million in grants for 280 humanities projects across the country. These grants will ...

This article originally appeared on the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society website. Join the NYG&B and other genealogy experts Nov. 2–4 for New York’s largest statewide family history conference. This year's theme is Naviga...

This article originally appeared on the Undiscarded and The City Reliquary website. When you think of museum-worthy artifacts in New York, your mind probably goes to well-established cultural institutions with big names. The Met ...

This article originally appeared in a Chenango County Historical Society press release. This summer, the Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) is facilitating a research project titled “Revealing the Hidden Stories of Migrant Labor Camps Al...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. The next regional round of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s New York State Historic Marker Grant Program is now open. Markers funded through the program commemora...

This article originally appeared on the National Endowment for the Humanities website.  Ruth J. Simmons, professor, author, and president emerita of Prairie View A&M, Brown University, and Smith College, will deliver the 2023 Jefferson...

This article originally appeared on the Albert Wisner Public Library website. The 250th celebration of the nation comes with new challenges to expand and deepen the narrative, and a recent guide can help researchers discover those previously hi...

This article originally appeared on the Albany Times Union website. A $2 million state grant will help launch the expansion of the Underground Railroad Education Center, Assemblymembers Patricia Fahy and John McDonald announced on Wednesda...

This article originally appeared in an Archives Partnership Trust newsletter. Nine researchers from across the country have received Larry J. Hackman Research Residency awards to use historical records at the State Archives. Two projects antici...

This article originally appeared on the Sail250 New York website. Sail250NY, as a major component of a nationwide endeavor, will host the tall ships and military vessels over the weekend of July 4, 2026.  The events will offer an extrao...

This article originally appeared as a Montgomery County press release. The sound of musket fire and cannon blasts once echoed across Tryon County and the Mohawk Valley. During the late 1770s and early 1780s, the founding of America and the stru...

This article originally appeared in a Montgomery County press release. Whether your interest is North America’s Indigenous populations, the founding of our nation, the Underground Railroad and emancipation, or the industrial revolution and the ...

This article originally appeared on the IMLS website. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative grants to develop, expand and enhance mus...

This article originally appeared in a Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor newsletter. The Corridor received a grant for $100,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop and expand public programs and exhibiti...