Professional Development Grants for Museums 2026 Recipients

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Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2026 NYSCA/ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes Professional Development Grants for Museums:

Alfred Ceramic Art Museum
Alice T. Miner Museum
Buffalo History Museum
Buffalo Maritime Center
Canal Society of New York State
Cayuga Museum of History and Art
Chenango County Historical Society & Museum
Clinton Historical Society
D&H Canal Historical Society, Inc
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance
Erie Canal Museum
Essex County Historical Society/Adirondack History Museum
FASNY Museum of Firefighting
Fenton History Center
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House
Hallockville Museum Farm
Historic House Trust of NYC
Hyde Hall
Irish American Heritage Museum
Lake Placid Olympic Museum
Lincoln Depot Museum
Livingston County Historical Society
Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
Nassau County Museum of Art
National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
Niagara History Center
Olana Partnership
Ontario County Historical Society
Raynham Hall Museum
Sciencenter Discovery Museum
Seneca-Iroquois National Museum
Shaker Heritage Society
Sing Sing Prison Museum
Southampton History Museum
Square House Museum
The Children’s Museum at Saratoga
The Drawing Center
The Farmers’ Museum (DBA Fenimore Farm & Country Village)
The LeRoy Historical Society
The Museum at Bethel Woods
The Ukrainian Museum
The Whaling Museum
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
Underground Railroad Education Center
University Museums, Colgate University (Picker Art Gallery and Longyear Museum of Anthropology)
Westchester Children’s Museum

This project is made possible with funds from the the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and is administered by NYSCA and The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes.