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A Nation of Learners

The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas.  Read more


Director's Message

The Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills initiative underscores the critical role our nation’s museums and libraries play in helping citizens build such 21st century skills as information, communications and technology literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, civic literacy, and global awareness. Read more.


From October 28 – November 1, 2009, IMLS co-hosted “Connecting to the World’s Collections: Making the Case for Conservation and Preservation of our Cultural Heritage” with the Salzburg Global Seminar. Read more.

Visit the Connecting to Collections Web Site to learn more about this multi- year, multi-faceted national initiative.

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Michelle McKinney, assistant archivist, working on her first processed collection to the storage area.
Project Profile

Newly Reorganized Archives Benefits Museum, Community

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, the world's largest institution dedicated to the African American experience, holds a collection of more than 30,000 artifacts and archival materials. African textiles and sculptures, items from the diaspora, Malcolm X’s papers, fine art, music recordings, and many manuscripts, books, and photographs are housed in a facility the size of two football fields.
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International Strategic Partnership Initiative

We live in a global society and American libraries and museums have so much to share with, and learn from, people engaged in library and museum work throughout the world. Read more about our international strategic partnership initiative.

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Institute News

February 3, 2010--
Project Demonstrations Announced for 2010 WebWise Conference

February 1, 2010--
President Requests $265,869,000 for Institute of Museum and Library Services

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