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National Leadership Grants for Museums (2026)

The National Leadership Grants for Museums (NLG-M) funds projects that tackle key challenges in the museum field. Supported work should create and share model practices, tools, research findings, and collaborations that can be replicated to improve museum services for the public.

The National Leadership Grants for Museums program (NLG-M) invests in projects that address critical needs of the museum field. NLG-M projects have the potential to advance practice in the profession to strengthen museum services for the public through the development and replication of model pr…

Funding Source

Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services

Awards & funding

Total Funding: $5.8M
Award Ceiling: $750,000
Award Floor: $50,000

Eligibility

See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for program eligibility criteria.

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