In their latest round of funding for FY2024, the New York State Council on the Arts (NSYCA) awarded more than $4 million in 129 grants to 120 museums in nine Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) regions. In total, NYSCA awarded more than $46 million to over 1,000 nonprofit organizations and 500 individual artists. 

NYSCA is still accepting applications for $37 Million in grants for the Capital Projects Fund through January 11, 2024. NYSCA's Capital Projects Fund supports arts and cultural nonprofits seeking State funding for investments in capital improvements to allow organizations to sustain and expand cultural programming for diverse audiences, promote accessibility and environmental sustainability, preserve and create jobs, and ultimately contribute to the growth of New York's dynamic arts and tourism sectors. Visit the NYSCA website for details.

NYS Museums Awarded NYSCA FY2024 Funding

Listed Alphabetically by REDC

Capital Region

$558,500 to 14 museums

• Albany County Historical Association, $49,500
• Albany Institute of History & Art, $40,000
• Columbia County Historical Society, $30,000
• FASNY Museum of Firefighting, $40,000
• Historic Cherry Hill, $49,500
• Historical Society of Saratoga Springs ,$40,000
• Museum Association of New York, $49,500
• Rensselaer County Historical Society (Hart Cluett Museum), $30,000
• Saratoga County Historical Society, $30,000
• Schenectady County Historical Society, $30,000
• Shaker Heritage Society, $60,000
• The Children’s Museum at Saratoga, $40,000
• The Hyde Collection, $40,000
• Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Inc, $30,000

Central NY

$179,500 to 6 museums

Finger Lakes

$155,000 to 6 museums

• Genesee Country Museum, $10,000
• Geneva Historical Society, $30,000
• George Eastman Museum, $40,000
• Ontario County Historical Society, $25,000
• Rochester Museum & Science Center, $10,000
• Susan B. Anthony House, $40,000

Long Island

$354,000 to 12 museums

• East Hampton Historical Society, $49,500
• Friends of Raynham Hall, $40,000
• Heckscher Museum of Art, $49,500
• Hofstra University Museum of Art, $15,000
• Long Island Museum, $30,000
• Long Island Music Hall of Fame, $25,000
• Nassau County Museum of Art, $25,000
• Sagtikos Manor Historical Society, $10,000
• Southampton History Museum, $30,000
• Southold Historical Museum, $30,000
• Suffolk County Historical Society, $40,000
• The Whaling Museum of Cold Spring Harbor, $10,000

Mid-Hudson

$400,000 to 13 museums

• The Museum at Bethel Woods, $40,000
• Boscobel, $30,000
• D&H Canal Historical Society, $30,000
• Edward Hopper Landmark Preservation Foundation, $30,000
• Hammond Museum, $30,000
• Historic Hudson Valley, $40,000
• Huguenot Historical Society, $30,000
• Katonah Museum of Art, $40,000
• Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, $25,000
• Neuberger Museum of Arts, $40,000
• Percy Grainger Society, $15,000
• The Haverstraw Brick Museum, $20,000
• Westchester Children’s Museum, $30,000

New York City

$1,473,500 to 43 museums

• American Folk Art Museum, $40,000
• American Museum of Natural History, $40,000
• Amigos del Museo del Barrio, Inc., $40,000
• Asia Society, $40,000
• Climate Museum, $49,500
• Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance, $40,000
• Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc., $50,000
• Friends of Alice Austen House, Inc., $40,000
• Friends of the New York Transit Museum, $40,000
• Fund for the City of New York, $20,000
• Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, $30,000
• Historic House Trust of New York City, Inc., $40,000
• International Center of Photography, $25,000
• International Print Center New York, $40,000
• Intrepid Museum Foundation, $40,000
• King Manor Association of L.I., Inc., $49,500
• Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, $10,000
• Morris-Jumel Mansion Inc., $40,000
• Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, $40,000
• Museum of Jewish Heritage, $40,000
• Museum of Music & Entertainment in New York City, $20,000
• National Lighthouse Museum, $30,000
• National September 11 Memorial and Museum, $30,000
• New York Hall of Science, $40,000
• Old Merchants House of NY, Inc., $25,000
• Old Stone House of Brooklyn, $20,000
• Pace University Art Gallery, $20,000
• Poets House, Inc., $40,000
• Rubin Museum of Art, $40,000
• Seaport Museum New York, $25,000
• Skyscraper Museum, $40,000
• Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, $25,000
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, $30,000
• Staten Island Historical Society, $25,000
• The Bronx County Historical Society, $10,000
• The Frick Collection, $30,000
• The Green-Wood Historic Fund, $50,000
• The Hispanic Society of America, $40,000
• The New York Botanical Garden, $40,000
• The Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford Stuyvesant History, $59,500
• Ukrainian Museum, $25,000
• Washington Street Historical Society, $20,000
• Wave Hill, $35,000

North County

$289,00 to 7 museums

• Essex County Historical Society, $40,000
• Fort Ticonderoga Association, $40,000
• Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks, $49,500
• St. Lawrence County Historical Association, $30,000
• The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks (Adirondack Experience), $40,000
• Village of Potsdam Public Museum, $40,000

Southern Tier

$299,000 to 9 museums

• Artnot Art Museum, $40,000
• Chemung County Historical Society, $40,000
• Chenango County Historical Society, $49,500
• Corning Museum of Glass, $40,000
• Corning Painted Post Historical Society, $30,000
• Roberson Museum and Science Center, $30,000
• Sciencenter Discovery Museum, $10,000
• The History Center in Tompkins County, $49,500
• The Rockwell Museum, $10,000

Western New York

$354,500 to 10 museums