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Beacon Hill Museums Face Loss of Federal $s

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A three-year, $500,000 IMLS grant to the Boston Museum of African American History (MAAH) has been cut two years short, amounting to an expected loss of $340,000. In its first year, the grant was used to hire additional staff and expand educational programming.

At the West End Museum, a $75,000 IMLS grant meant for programs that would have decreased the organization’s reliance on federal funding hangs in limbo.