Kansas African American Museum, Inc.

The Kansas African American Museum seeks to sustain and expand its services in schools and with its statewide audience by creating a department of education. The educational director will establish a new literacy-based youth program for at-risk middle and high school students, and will continue the existing museum educational programs targeting senior citizens and elementary school students. A curriculum specialist will be contracted to develop content for the new youth program. IMLS funding will also be used to create a university internship program to recruit and hire public history, anthropology, or museum studies students. The student interns will gain direct practical experience with collections management and educational programming.