The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced the awarding of $35.63 million in grants for 258 humanities projects across the United States. As with previous years, the 2023 edition of the grants includes funding for several architecture-related projects, including buildings and research.

Architectural projects to be funded include the William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, which will undergo a schematic design process for an expansion and renovation to its Rockland, Maine center. Meanwhile, the Shelburne Museum in Vermont will use the funding to design and construct a new Perry Center for Native American Art on its campus.

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has received funding for preparatory architectural works for the renovation of a new Research & Learning Center at the Eckley Miners’ Village Museum in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, while the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis has received funding for the renovation and adaptive reuse of the architecturally-significant mid-century Rust Hall.

Funding for research projects includes the Arizona State University-led ‘Digital Reference Collection for La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project,’ which will provide digital access to approximately 4,000 resources resulting from fieldwork at La Quemada, Mexico, including maps, datasets, and images of the site’s architecture. Elsewhere, Pamela Karimi of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has received funding for the research and writing of a book about the modern environmental design and architecture movement in Iran from the 1960s to the present day.