Manhattan museums and educational centers will be receiving more than $2 million in federal grants to enhance their programs, U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced Friday.
The grants come from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to strengthen humanities projects and organizations. The funds will pay for resources, curricula, and advanced research and writing projects by humanities scholars at these higher education institutions.
In all, New York state was rewarded 27 NEH grants totaling $4,859,096, but much of the resources are going toward Manhattan, which is receiving $2,352,200. An additional $764,350 in NEH grant money is being allocated to programs and organizations in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island.
