Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

1/1/1987 - 6/30/1988

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$39,512.00 (approved)
$39,512.00 (awarded)


America in the Age of Lincoln, 1820-65

FAIN: GM-23260-87

Chicago History Museum (Chicago, IL 60614-6038)
Ellsworth H. Brown (Project Director: June 1986 to November 1988)

To support the planning and conservation survey for a new permanent installation that examines political, social, and economic forces that shaped 19th-century America, focusing on Abraham Lincoln as historical figure and symbol.