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This program supports projects that build the capacity of American Latino history and culture museums to serve their communities, and broadly advance the growth and development of a professional workforce in American Latino museums. The ALHC program has two goals and a set of objectives associated with each goal. Goal 1: Build the capacity of American Latino museums to serve their communities. Objective 1.1 Develop, enhance or expand public programs, exhibitions, and/or school programs. Objective 1.2: Improve care and conservation of museum collections and archives and expand access to collections. Objective 1.3: Strengthen museum operations by developing new or improved strategic plans, management practices, or institutional policies. Goal 2: Support the growth and development of a professional workforce in American Latino museums. Objective 2.1: Develop and implement internship, fellowship, and mentoring programs to support people entering the museum field. Objective 2.2: Create learning and growth opportunities designed to build the knowledge, skills, and abilities of museum staff and/or volunteers.

The Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (ALHC) program supports projects that build the capacity of American Latino history and culture museums to serve their communities and advance the growth and development of a professional workforce in American Latino cultural institutions. The goals of this program are to: • Build the capacity of American Latino museums to serve their communities; and • Support the growth and development of a professional workforce in American Latino museums. The primary audiences for this program are American Latino museums and cultural institutions, related museum service organizations, institutions of higher education, and museum professionals. Secondary audiences include museum visitors and future museum professionals.