Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support the reinstallation and reinterpretation of the Hall of Native North America

Hall of Native North America Reinstallation

to continue support for ongoing community exchange and collaborative conservation with Indigenous partners, and to develop and disseminate guidelines for respectfully working with Native communities to other museums and cultural centers

Collaborative Action with Native American and Indigenous Materials, Cultures, and Communities

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

Plants Initiative

to continue support for the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

to complete Foundation support for the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of Africa, Latin America, and other areas

to support a program of ecological research and training

Ecosystems Research

toward costs of botanical research and training

Botanical Research [Herbarium]

Latin American Plants Initiative

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on Latin American plants

to support digital reference materials and conservation tools programs

Institutional Support

to support an endowment for a senior conservation ecology position

Senior Conservation Ecology

to support a training program for Latin American scientists

Latin American Training Program

to support a fellowship as part of the pilot initiative to train Chinese museum professionals

Training of Chinese Museum Professionals

to provide supplemental funding to support one short term fellowship as part of the pilot initiative to train Chinese museum professionals

to support planning for reinstallation of the museum’s Asian Collections

Reinstallation of the Asian Wing

to support a training program for Latin American scientists at the National Museum of Natural History

Latin American Training Program - Natural History Collections Management

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on African plants

African Plants Initiative

to support and endow efforts for developing new exhibitions and enhanced revenues that will be supportive of the Museum’s mission

Endowment Challenge Grant

to support the Museum’s consultation with the Dunhuang Research Academy on the selection of display technology for a planned visitors center in Dunhuang, China

Dunhuang Vistors Center

to support the reinstallation, refurbishing, and conservation of the museum's Northwest Coast Hall

Northwest Coast Hall Reinstallation - Phase 2

to support planning efforts for the reinstallation, refurbishing, and conservation of the museum's Northwest Coast Hall

Northwest Coast Hall Reinstallation - Planning Phase

toward costs of its field naturalist program

Field Naturalist Program

Field-Naturalist Program

for development of a field naturalist curriculum and Master's degree program

Field Naturalist Curriculum

to support a final grant for the curatorial and conservation activities associated with the museum’s Northwest Coast Hall reinstallation

Northwest Coast Hall Reinstallation - Final Phase

in support of a field-naturalist curriculum and master's degree program in the botany department

to continue the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of Africa, Latin America, and other areas

to continue support of the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on African plants

to continue support of the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on the plants of Latin America and other areas

to continue support of the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on Latin American plants

Artists as Catalysts

Artists as Catalysts Navigation Image

Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 