Mass. Museum of African American History among institutions to lose federal funding, officials say

The state’s leading Black history museum has learned it will lose nearly half a million dollars in federal funding after the Trump administration said it would dismantle the federal agency that approved the grants, museum officials said.

The Museum of African American History, which has locations in Boston and Nantucket, was notified about the cuts on Wednesday night, according to museum president and CEO Noelle Trent.

Trent said Thursday the museum was told that its grant was “no longer consistent with the agency’s priorities and no longer serves the interest of the United States.” The news wasn’t shocking, she said, “based off of things that have happened” with cuts to federal agencies in recent weeks.

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