News

DateHeadline
03/03/2010 Office of the State Archaeologist at the University of Iowa announces a new web resource

"Crops of Ancient Iowa"
02/23/2010 IMLS Director Anne Radice Recognizes Top Ten Museums and Libraries at Washington, D.C. Ceremony

California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee Institutions Honored
02/23/2010 Preservation Assistance Grant

Deadline:  May 18, 2010
02/23/2010 Salisbury House Foundation Announced new staff member

Sarah Behounek hired as Annual Fundraising Program Manager
02/01/2010 President Requests $265,869,000 for Institute of Museum and Library Services
01/26/2010 Living History Farms receives $5,000 grant from Hy-Vee to support Foodways program
01/26/2010 Putnam partners with Smithsonian!
01/25/2010 McElroy Trust Gives Generous Gift to the Community in Honor of Founder’s 100th Birthday

Celebrating 100 Years by Offering 100 Hours of Family Fun for Just 100 Pennies
01/21/2010 Vesterheim Hires New Director of Development
01/19/2010 Call for Papers for 2010 IMA Conference

2010 Iowa Museum Association Annual Meeting & Conference
“Celebrating Community Partnerships”
01/15/2010 Living Collections - IMLS Bookshelf

Thirty-three Institutions with Living Collections To Receive IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf
12/04/2009 MetLife Foundation Announces $1M in Grants

for Third Installment of
the Museum and Community Connections Program
11/13/2009 University Museums Announces Reaccreditation

American Association of Museums Reaccreditation
11/12/2009 NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY BOARD

Board Announces Plans to Move and Elevate Building
 
10/21/2009 Preliminary Departmental Plans Released on State Budget Cuts

October 21, 2009
10/15/2009 Iowa Museum Association Conference Sites Chosen

Conference Sites Selected for 2011, 2012, 2013
10/08/2009 Governor Culver’s Statement on Balancing the State Budget

October 08, 2009
09/24/2009 IMLS Awards Grant Funds

More than $1.7 Million Awarded to Support Training and Development for Museum Professionals
08/24/2009 Iowa Museum Association announces change in Committee Chairs
08/20/2009 Gold Star Museum periscope gives a look at sub history

Radio Iowa News
Thursday, August 20, 2009, 3:14 PM
By Darwin Danielson
08/13/2009 Art on Campus Sculpture Relocated for Restoration
07/27/2009 Advocacy Efforts for IMLS

by Terry Davis, CEO
American Association for State and Local History
July, 2009
05/14/2009 2,300 historical Iowa quilts added to national Quilt Index

Iowa project is one of largest included in Web-based catalog
03/13/2009 Congress Finalizes FY09 Funding Levels

AAM Washington Wire: Legislative Update
02/26/2009 IMA Partners on Statewide Planning Grant

CONGRESSMAN LOEBSACK ANNOUNCES GRANT TO PROTECT IOWA’S CULTURAL TREASURES
02/02/2009 CPSC Grants One Year Stay of Testing and Certification Requirements for Certain Products