UO’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History faces uncertainty amid federal funding threats

Comments: Trump cuts could starve nations’ museums, libraries

HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington Gutting a museum and library agency could end grant funding and aid to communities’ centers of learning. Comments: Trump cuts could starve nations’ museums, libraries Wire Service

Trump is dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Here’s what it does

On March 14, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order that called for the dismantling of seven federal agencies “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” They ranged from the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America, to the Minority Business Development Agency. The Institute of Museum and Library Services was also on the list. Congress created the IMLS in 1996 through the Museum and Library Serv…

Executive order calls for dismantling federal institute dedicated to funding libraries

An executive order signed earlier this month looks to cut funding for the only federal agency for libraries.

UO’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History faces uncertainty amid federal funding threats

In a new executive order, President Donald Trump promised to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services along with six other government agencies. IMLS provides funding to museums and libraries nationwide, including the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon. The museum now worries how this will impact their ability to reach the state’s rural communities.The grants provided by IMLS funded many important pro…

Closure of federal library service could impact Alabama libraries

Alabama librarians are worried that more than $3 million in federal funding will be in jeopardy after President Donald Trump signed an executive order dismantling the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.On March 14, Trump ordered the service, along with several other federal organizations, “eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”

Donald Trump has named Keith Sonderling as the new acting director of the embattled Institute of Museum and Library Service. In a statement, Sonderling says he now wants the agency to “restore focus on patriotism,” AP reports.