Trump signs order to eliminate agency that funds museums and libraries
Universities Norway’s strategic units Library, Museum and Art, Design and Architecture express concern as President Trump now wants to eliminate, amongst other agencies, the Institute of Museum and Library Service (IMLS). Today IMLS provides grants to libraries, museums and related institutions across USA.

Museums and libraries are vital for education, research, culture, and democracy. In an increasingly uncertain and challenging geopolitical situation, museums and libraries represent some of our most trustworthy institutions in society. Eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to supporting museums and libraries undermines their critical role and is a serious blow to cultural institutions that rely on federal support.
We must all be on guard towards measures that reflects on a diminishing support for the arts and humanities, devaluates cultural institutions and represents a huge disservice to future generations.
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