NYT: Facing Funding Cuts and Censorship Threats, Museums Band Together About one-third of U.S. museums have lost government funding this year alone. Now, they look ahead — and find ways…
by Quinn Alexander, Mon, September 29, 2025 ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — Assemblymember Gabriella Romero has awarded a $30,000 operating grant to the Underground Railroad Education Center…
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany received $30,000 in funding on Monday to support its Museum Studies program. The program is designed to encourage high…
Albany — Albany’s Underground Railroad Education Center is the latest local space for history and education to receive notice that their federal Institute of Museum and Library Services grant is being…
Times Union: Local cultural organizations brace for uncertainty amid federal grant cuts By Katherine Kiessling, Times Union Staff Writer May 5, 2025 The letters all began similarly: “Dear IMLS Grantee”…
‘Devastating’: Underground Railroad Center program derailed by IMLS cuts The Altamont Enterprise Wednesday, April 23, 2025 – 19:40 ALBANY — Cuts in federal funds have delayed or perhaps derailed a…
By Ashley Soebroto, Times Union March 19, 2025 ALBANY — Local history museums are on edge as federal funding cuts target another agency: the Institute of Museum and Library Services.…
The Altamont Enterprise: Drawing on the past, interpretive center is to be ‘an investment in the future From The Altamont Enterprise: The Underground Railroad Education Center has received another sizable…
By Tim Williams, Albany SPECTRUM News PUBLISHED 7:15 PM ET JUL. 08, 2024 Underground Railroad Education Center founders, Paul and Mary Liz Stewart spoke to Spectrum News about the Harriet…
Agents of Change: An Underground Railroad Education Center Documentary This documentary tells the story of Albany’s Underground Railroad Education Center (UREC). It was created by group of teens from UREC’s…
