Category Archives: National Leadership Grants

National Leadership Grant Video: The Great Ape Heart Project

Posted on July 5, 2012 by koconnell

By Kevin O’Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor In this video interview, Zoo Atlanta’s Drs. Hayley Murphy and Marietta Dindo talk about the Great Ape Heart Project, a collaborative effort among many zoos in North America to learn more about heart disease in … Continue reading →

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National Leadership Grant Video: Whitney Museum of American Art

Posted on June 28, 2012 by koconnell

By Kevin O’Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor In this video interview, Danielle Linzer of the Whitney Museum of American Art talks about a study of the impact of teen programs on four contemporary art museums. In addition to the Whitney, the study … Continue reading →

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National Leadership Grant Video: Minnesota Historical Society

Posted on June 21, 2012 by koconnell

By Kevin O’Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor In this video interview, Wendy Jones and Jennifer Sly of the Minnesota Historical Society talk about History in our Hands, a game that puts visitors in a different period of the state’s history and challenges … Continue reading →

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National Leadership Grant Video: Colonial Williamsburg

Posted on June 14, 2012 by koconnell

By Kevin O’Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor In this video interview, Lisa Fischer of Colonial Williamsburg and Worthy Martin of the University of Virginia, talk about “Virtual Williamsburg,” a 3-D model of the town showing how it looked in 1776. The project … Continue reading →

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National Leadership Grant Video: San Diego and Memphis Zoos

Posted on June 8, 2012 by koconnell

By Kevin O’Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor At a convening of IMLS National Leadership Grant (NLG) museum recipients in April, I spoke with several people about their NLG-funded projects. We will periodically post a video from this collection here on UpNext and … Continue reading →

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