Five cities to share in museum grants

Five cities will share in $5 million in grants for capital maintenance and improvements to museums, historic sites, and preservation groups across Tennessee.  

The Tennessee State Museum has announced the recipients of grants from the 2025-26 Capital Maintenance and Improvements program from the state of Tennessee, as administered through the Museum.  

Grants included $70,000 for Adams, $24,000 for Brownsville, $65,000 for Bulls Gap, $22,977 for Covington, and $99,655 for Jonesborough.  

The funding comes from $5 million the Tennessee General Assembly made available in the 2025-2026 Appropriations Act, “for the sole purpose of providing grants to museums with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or affiliated with a governmental entity for capital maintenance and improvements.” 

In the third year of the grant program, it remains a highly competitive process. In total, the Tennessee State Museum received 178 applications, totaling $12,031,874 in requests. The Museum has made full or partial awards to 99 museums across the state, representing 45 counties. A complete list of 2025-26 grantees, counties and amounts is available at TNMuseum.org/grants.