The National Endowment for the Humanities on Wednesday announced the recipients of nearly $2 million in grants to institutions in the Chicago area.
Morning Shift spoke to NEH Chairman Jon Parrish Peede ahead of the announcement about why the recipients — who include institutions like the Chicago History Museum and the University of Chicago — were chosen and the importance of preserving cultural memory.
Morning Shift talks to three of the recipients about their organization’s work and just how they plan to use the NEH grants to sustain their work and move it forward.
GUEST: Jim Akerman, Curator of Maps at the Newberry Library
Marci Uihlein, associate professor of architecture at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
Adam Rubin, director of interpretation at the Chicago Architecture Center