A couple of times a year I write about the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Together, they spend about $725 million. The NEA concentrates on museum exhibitions, performances, and public art projects. The NEH focuses on scholarship in the arts, history, and antiquities. IMLS concerns itself with archives, conservation, digitization, literacy, and enhancing access to the knowledge troves in our libraries. Through the Save America’s Treasures program and in collaboration with the National Park Service, the three agencies also make grants for infrastructure work at historic properties.
All three are on the chopping block.
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