The Institute of Museum and Library Service gives grants that make institutions such as zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and, of course, libraries capable of providing programming to the public.

What is the Institute of Museum and Library Services? IMLS was established in 1996 by a Republican-led Congress and has a mission to “advance, support, and empower America’s museums, libraries ...

According to the Institute of Museum and Library Services' fiscal year budget for 2023-20, the institute was budgeted more than $294 million. In 2024, the institute awarded $266.7 million to ...

In 2018, Congress passed a bipartisan bill that updated the agency’s Grants to States program. This bill, signed by President Donald Trump in his first term, established a minimum amount of ...

The American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees filed a lawsuit to stop the administration from gutting the institute after President Donald ...

On March 14, President Donald Trump issued an executive order eliminating the Institute of Museum and Library Services “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” The order states ...

The Iowa City Public Library is seen before an International Writer Program panel held in the Iowa City Public Library on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. President Donald Trump’s initiative to dismantle the ...

Staff from the Institute of Museum and Library Services were placed on administrative leave Monday, according to a labor union, weeks after President Donald Trump’s executive order directed ...

The American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees filed a lawsuit to stop the administration from gutting the institute after President Donald ...