Illustration of Pilgrims

Who Were the Pilgrims?

An NEH-funded film revisits the Puritan Separatists who arrived aboard the Mayflower.
Actor Denis O'Hare as Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

The great short story writer and poet wrote many a book review.
Grant Wood (America, 1891-1942), Tree Planting Group, 1937

50 States of Preservation

An NEH Preservation Assistance Grant helps the Dubuque Museum of Art preserve art collections focused on the Midwest.
Two American soldiers in Pleiku, South Vietnam, in May 1967

Studying the Vietnam War

How the scholarship has changed
Houston museum flooded by Harvey

Emergency Grants Available

NEH now accepting applications for emergency funding for cultural institutions affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria

 

Scam Advisory

Recent reports indicate that individuals are posing as the NEH on social media.

Protecting our Cultural Heritage

A landscape depicting ancient ruins. This is the Temple of Bel, in Palmyra. In the foreground, a field of stray stones and grass. A large structure of columns and walls made tan colored stone appears in the distance, glowing in the setting sun.

NEH calls for projects that document or digitally re-create imperiled or destroyed cultural materials

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Explore the Humanities

Websites, apps, and digital projects supported by NEH grants

Webinar Date: November 23, 2017

Voices from Detroit: American Black Journal

Workshop Date: November 28, 2017

Genealogy Basics: How to Get Started

Lecture Date: November 29, 2017

The Long Haul: Stories of Human Migration

Radio Date: November 30, 2017

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Americans and Vietnamese refugees in Hue in 1968