- Program Flint Area
- Program Area Enriching Lives Through Arts and Culture
- Grant Amount $420,000
- Grant Period July 1, 2022–June 30, 2023
- Location Flint, MI, United States
- Geographic Focus Flint
About this grant
This grant to the Flint Institute of Science and History will support the operations of the Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium. The new museum is around 107,000 square feet with permanent and rotating exhibits as well as educational and community programming. The new facility opened in July 2022 with a series of community tours and events. The state-of-the-art Longway Planetarium offers multiple shows and programming for all ages both onsite and virtually. Summer camps, workshops and monthly trivia nights are among other regular programs offered through the museum and planetarium.