Museum & Library Style Exhibit Grants
Grant Overview
One of the grant types available is the Museum & Library Style Exhibit Grant. To aid in connecting each community to their local SC American Revolution history, SC American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission (SC250) will be issuing grants for the creation of museum and library style exhibit displays, with the hope of customizing the panels to the local American Revolution history. Please keep in mind that these exhibits can be “digital” and/or not located inside a museum. A great way to get outside our history tent and take the story to where the foot traffic is located!
Please keep in mind that these exhibits can be “digital” and/or not located inside a museum.
Grant Details
Grant Requirements
- The new American Revolution interpretative exhibits must be easily visible and accessible to the public. This could be inside a public or NGO (a nonprofit organization that operates independently of any government) owned building or in a space where there is free or reduced cost access to the exhibit.
- The interpretation should feature significant local Revolutionary Era people, places, events, or ideas.
- In addition to standard local histories, applicants are encouraged to also tell their Revolutionary Era stories from non-traditional points of view, such as Loyalist – Women – Children – enslaved and free African Americans – Native Americans, etc.
- Project Sponsor must agree to display the interpretation through 2033; however, the panels may be relocated by mutual consent.
- The interpretation’s message must be accurate – sources fully documented, or called “tradition” or “legend”.
- All panels/materials must be approved by SC250 prior to production.
- The Project Sponsor will supply its proposed Budget and Timeline for completion.
- The interpretation must display SC250th Commission’s and SC Liberty Trail’s logos.
- The interpretation should be engaging and graphically rich.
- Grant recipients must obtain a permanent and transferable right for themselves and SC250 and its succession designee to use any images, wording, design, and layout. Recipients will make sure that the images can be used by the recipient and/or SC250 in promotional materials in addition to the panel. Exceptions to this must be preapproved by SC250.
- The interpretation should encourage visitation of the local “visitable” Revolutionary War sites.
- When the interpretation is retired for any reason, the materials become the sole property of the SC250th Commission or its succession designee, which may use it or parts thereof in any manner it sees fit.
- The interpretation must be of sufficient size to convey messages and draw attention.
- The interpretation may be updated, amended, video or other media added, or repaired by agreement of the parties.
- The project can be a strictly a traditional interpretive panel or it can include interactive manipulables such as flip charts and/or media such as audio and video tablets, etc.
- Project Sponsor shall provide all project management and select all artists, vendors, and consultants.
Key Questions
- Where will the event/activity take place?
- Who is your target audience?
- What are the details of the event/activity?
- How will you go about planning the event?
- Who is hosting or leading the activity?
- What stakeholders are you bringing together to make this event happen?
- If the activity is part of a larger project, briefly describe those plans to provide context for how this application satisfies a certain section of a larger endeavor. However, make sure you are clearly defining what deliverables will be the end result of this grant funding if approved. What scope of work is part of this application? Activities funded by grants must retain a focus on the American Revolution in SC and creatively provide for audience involvement or access to materials.
- Location of panel: Do you have a signed MOU with the owner of the panel location stating the panel will remain up at least until 2033 (Revolution Anniversary Era) and the site will be ADA compliant and open to the public? *Make sure to include it in your support materials. A sample MOU is on the funding opportunity description page for this grant type.)
Additional Documents
Memorandum of Understanding with proposed location host if different from grant applicant
Based on how far the planning process has progressed, if available please include description or diagram of wall or other space in the facility dedicated to the exhibit with measurements. Concept sketch-design-drawing and content of proposed exhibit or a narrative of the exhibit’s concept idea.
Apply Today
If you’re ready to submit your Museum & Library-Style Exhibit Grant application, click on the link to register with Discover SC and begin the application process.
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