Institute of Museum and Library Services

Institute of Museum and Library Services For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act, $245,485,000, of which $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the Recruiting and Educating Librarians for the 21st Century Initiative: Provided, That of the amount provided, $25,000 shall be awarded to the Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, for a work-study program for at-risk junior and high school students, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Aleutian World War II Museum in Alaska for interactive media display, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, for educational programs for 25 school districts in 7 Pennsylvania counties, $25,000 shall be awarded to the Alley Pond Environmental 117 STAT. 335 Center, Douglaston, New York, for environmental education programs, $500,000 shall be awarded to the American Village Project in Montevallo, Alabama, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation in Ozark, Alabama, for educational programs, $175,000 shall be awarded to the Arts Council of New Orleans, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California, for exhibits and education programs, $575,000 shall be awarded to the Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, for climate control systems to preserve collections, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Bishops Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Boston Public Library Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, for preservation and enhancement of the John Adams Presidential Library and for related educational programs, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Bowers Museum, City of Santa Ana, California, for education programs, publications and technology, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn, New York, for equipment and technology, exhibits and education programs, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Butler Area Public Library, Pennsylvania, for program enhancements, $275,000 shall be awarded to the California State University, San Marcos, California, to upgrade electronic catalog and to provide computer stations for the library, $175,000 shall be awarded to the Cape Cod Maritime Museum to develop exhibits and academic programs, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to purchase library materials and upgrade technology at the East Liberty Branch Library, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Carnegie Library, Union Springs, Alabama, for program development, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Chicago State University Gwendolyn Brooks Center to expand its repository of the literary works of Gwendolyn Brooks, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Chickasaw Cultural Center in Chickasaw, Oklahoma, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, New York, to establish early childhood education programs and exhibits, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Children’s Museum of Stockton, Stockton, California, for a Delta Region Exhibit, $100,000 shall be awarded to the City of Abilene, Texas, for the collection and display of artifacts, and for exhibits at the Texas Forts Trail Museum, $50,000 shall be awarded to the City of Anatuvik Pass Museum in Alaska for museum exhibits, $200,000 shall be awarded to the City of Dallas, Texas, for the Dallas Public Library, to establish “Teen Wise Centers” for at-risk youth, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Clark County Heritage Center, Springfield, Ohio, for technology upgrades and exhibit development, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Cleveland Health Museum, Ohio, for exhibits, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation (Zoo New England), Boston, Massachusetts, for the “Living Classroom” science education program and for outreach, $800,000 shall be awarded to the Davenport Music History Museum in Davenport, Iowa, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Ohio for education and cultural programs, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Easton, Pennsylvania, to establish a National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to display a repository of industrial machines, equipment and technology of the 19th and 20th centuries focusing on steel, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Delaware County Historical Society, Media, 117 STAT. 336 Pennsylvania, to develop and expand educational programs highlighting historical themes and sites relating to the Delaware County, $2,200,000 shall be awarded to the Discovery Center, Springfield, Missouri, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Downtown Chambersburg, Inc., Pennsylvania, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Eleanor Roosevelt’s Papers at George Washington University for related program development, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Exploris Museum, for the Global Awareness Program, including exhibits, a film program, and educational programs, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to expand educational programming and technology improvements at the de Young Museum, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, for the Centennial Russian Museum Exhibit, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for exhibits, professional development and educational programming to students to explore bioscience and biotechnology, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Frederick C. Crawford Museum of Transportation Industry, Cleveland, Ohio, for educational programming, planning and exhibits, $900,000 shall be awarded to the Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and Science, Fresno, California, for technology, exhibits, educational and outreach programs, and to develop a science-based exhibition and learning center, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Gadsden Museum of Art in Alabama for museum programs, $278,000 shall be awarded to the George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, for the “Picture Link” project, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Georgia Hall of Fame at Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia, for educational activities and programs, $62,000 shall be awarded to the Glendale Public Library, Glendale, California, for personnel, equipment and other expenses to implement the Homework AssisTeens program, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Hesperia Community Library, Hesperia, California, to purchase library materials and upgrade technology, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, for exhibits in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Holmdel Township Library, Monmouth County, New Jersey, for technology equipment and upgrades, $25,000 shall be awarded to the Hudson Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, New York, to expand exhibits, education, arts and outreach programs, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, for exhibits and educational programs, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Imaginarium Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska, to develop science exhibits and distance delivery modules, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Interboro Public Library, Pennsylvania, for library programs, $150,000 shall be awarded to the International Wolf Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for education, outreach, and teacher training programs, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Iowa Radio Reading Information Service (IRRIS), $150,000 shall be awarded to the Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa, for exhibits, multi-media collections and displays, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Kendall County Forest Preserve District, Yorkville, Illinois, for the consolidation and preservation of the collection at the Old Barn Museum, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, for an Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education project, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Kodiak Maritime Museum in Alaska, $150,000 117 STAT. 337 shall be awarded to the Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, for technology updates to the Skillman Library, $375,000 shall be awarded to Leon County, Florida, for purchase of equipment and books for the Ft. Braden Branch Library, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Lewis and Clark College Bicentennial Hall in Portland, Oregon, for program and equipment support, $300,000 shall be awarded to the MacKay Library of Union County, Cranford, New Jersey, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Magic Library in Kirkwood, Missouri, for design and development of interactive exhibits and software, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Marion County Library, Marion, South Carolina, to establish a computer lab, $45,000 shall be awarded to the McKinley Museum, Canton, Ohio, for equipment, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Middletown Township Public Library, Monmouth County, New Jersey, for technology equipment and upgrades, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Monterey County Youth Museum, Monterey, California, for interactive mobile exhibits and educational programs, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Museum of African Art, New York, New York, for exhibits and educational programs, $750,000 shall be awarded to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, New York, for educational outreach using baseball to teach students through distance learning technology, $300,000 shall be awarded to the National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to develop and enhance educational exhibits and programs for area K–12 schools focusing on United States Civil War history, $90,000 shall be awarded to the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Fort Worth, Texas, for creation of and equipment for an audio tour of the permanent exhibition, $325,000 shall be awarded to the National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to institute a teacher-training program which will assist educators in responding to classroom challenges and establish a pilot program to address violence in schools, $650,000 shall be awarded to the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, $1,500,000 shall be awarded to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., $775,000 shall be awarded to the Native American Cultural and Educational Authority, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for exhibits for the museum, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, California, for its “Earth Odyssey” environmental science program, $350,000 shall be awarded to the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, $500,000 shall be awarded to the New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium imaging project in Bronx, New York, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the New York Hall of Science to develop, expand, and display science-related educational materials, $300,000 shall be awarded to the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, for development of environmental exhibits and educational programs, $250,000 shall be awarded to the North Dakota Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Foundation in Washburn, North Dakota, for exhibits and other interpretation, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana, $90,000 shall be awarded to the Oneonta City Library, Blount County, Alabama, for books, internet, audiovisual and reading aids, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Orangevale Library, Sacramento, California, for evaluation and analysis of existing library service, program and facilities, $400,000 117 STAT. 338 shall be awarded to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum for exhibit development and educational programs, $221,000 shall be awarded to the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to develop and enhance educational exhibits and programs for area K–12 schools, $725,000 shall be awarded to the Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to develop educational programs focusing on hands-on learning experiences, $75,000 shall be awarded to Rivertownes, Pennsylvania, $350,000 shall be awarded to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, for music education programs for at-risk youth, $250,000 shall be awarded to Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, to catalog, organize and preserve collections at the Carey Library, $500,000 shall be awarded to the San Bernardino County Museum, California, to develop the Inland Empire Archival Heritage Center and Web Module, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Schoharie Free Library in Schoharie County, New York, to purchase books and equipment, $155,000 shall be awarded to the Science Center of Pinellas County, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, for a planetarium project, $450,000 shall be awarded to the Shaker Museum and Library, Old Chatham, New York, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Los Angeles Museum for Tolerance, Los Angeles, California, for the Tools for Tolerance for Educators program to provide teacher training in diversity, tolerance and cooperation, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson, Mississippi, for the development of exhibits regarding civil rights, $25,000 shall be awarded to the St. Paul Public Library, Minnesota, to expand its School Work and Mentoring Place Program and its Small Business Resource Center, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Standing Bear Museum and Learning Center in Ponca City, Oklahoma, $75,000 shall be awarded to the State Historical Society of Iowa for Civil War flag restoration, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa, for the development of exhibits for the World Food Prize, $100,000 shall be awarded to the State Theater of Easton, Easton, Pennsylvania, for technological infrastructure improvements and the development of educational programming, $125,000 shall be awarded to The International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee, $250,000 shall be awarded to The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, for exhibits, education and outreach programs, $70,000 shall be awarded to the Tillamook County Library, Oregon, for modernization of library services, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Union City Public Library, New Jersey, for personnel, books and technology to improve library services for low-income individuals, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Union County Historical Society & Heritage Museum in Mississippi, for exhibit and program development, $400,000 shall be awarded to the University of Idaho for digital archiving, $200,000 shall be awarded to the University of Maine at Fort Kent to house the Acadian Archives which preserves, celebrates and disseminates information about the region’s history, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Vietnam Archive Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, for digitization, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Virginia Living Museum for the expansion of its educational programs in its capital campaign project, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, to develop programs in partnership with area K–12 schools for teacher training workshops and 117 STAT. 339 specialized workshops for students, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Westchester Library System, Ardsley, New York, for its digital divide online services project, $450,000 shall be awarded to the Whitney Museum of American Art to establish a touring exhibition program in Iowa, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Whittier Public Library, City of Whittier, California, to establish a children’s homework center and family literacy center, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Willet Memorial Library in Macon, Georgia, for library enhancements, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Witte Museum of San Antonio, Texas, to develop the “American Originals” exhibit and educational programs, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Zimmer Children’s Museum of Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, for the expansion of the YouThink program, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for educational programs for elementary and secondary students, and $500,000 shall be awarded to the St. Louis Children’s Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, for a collaborative project with the St. Louis Public Library to create interactive exhibits and educational programs.