WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded over $400,000 in grants to three Maine organizations. The Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor was awarded a $220,000 grant and the Monhegan Historical and Cultural Museum Association was awarded a $25,500 grant – both for projects that seek to sustain cultural heritage collections. In addition, the Maine Humanities Council in Portland was awarded $159,097 for a project titled, “Borders and Borderlands: The Acadian Experiences in Maine,” under the Institutes for School Teachers program.
“These grants are welcomed news and will provide Mainers across the state with new and exciting educational opportunities,” said Senators Collins and King in a joint statement. “Scholarship in the humanities serves to enrich our communities and strengthen society by supporting museums, libraries, schools and other avenues of learning. By sustaining and sharing Maine’s cultural heritage, these projects will play a key role in achieving that goal.”
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency that works to enable research, scholarship, and provide other educational opportunities in the humanities. More information about the organization can be found here.