Once again, the state seeks to redevelop a massive complex in the old West End — this time, into housingBoston Globe … At the June 4 community meeting, held in the West End Museum, with faded photos and artifacts from the old neighborhood hanging on the walls, community members spoke up about what they would…
The Highland Street Foundation has announced that August Adventures are back for another year. With 31 days of 31 free events, there’s something for everyone to explore in the Boston, Cape Cod, Fall River, New Bedford, and Worcester communities.
… August 1: The West End Museum
Potential Redevelopment of Lindemann and Hurley Buildings Discussed at Public Meeting … Furthermore, WECA requests that some space in the redeveloped property be designated for use by the West End Museum. “Including Museum space in the complex would not only acknowledge the neighborhood’s extensive historic heritage but also draw visitors to the area and foster…
Museums Cautiously Optimistic as Some Federal Grants Reinstated … Executive Director Sebastian A. Belfanti told Hyperallergic that about a third of the two-year $75,000 award from IMLS had been disbursed by the time he learned of its cancellation last month. While organizations are relieved to receive the news, they also continue to navigate a rapidly…
National Park Service scrubs Boston LGBTQ+ history in quiet purge of websiteBoston Globe … Sebastian Belfanti, executive director of The West End Museum, isn’t directly tied to the NPS Boston changes. But he knows the precedent its actions might set for his work, which focuses on the many immigrants, people of color, and LGBTQ+ who once…
Beacon Hill Museums Face Loss of Federal $sBoston Guardian … 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…
Mass. Museum of African American History among institutions to lose federal funding, officials sayBoston Globe 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…
Organizations Lose Pivotal Grants as DOGE Takes Axe to Humanities AgencyHyperallergic … The West End Museum in Boston was informed yesterday of the termination of its $25,000 NEH grant, announced in January, to pursue explore LGBTQ+ presence and activism in the historic neighborhood. The museum’s origins date back to the displacement of residents from the ethnically diverse…
Trump executive order shakes cultural organizations: ‘There’s a lot that we just don’t know’Boston Globe … Any potential loss of funding would be particularly hard for smaller organizations, some of which rely on IMLS grants to finance staff positions or implement growth-related programs. Boston’s West End Museum received a $75,000 grant last year, a sizable…
An art competition and show celebrating the trees of the West End.