PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 12, 2025
The Trump administration has terminated a nearly $250,000 grant the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine was using for programs about Wabanaki culture and history. The Portland museum was awarded the money last yearfrom the Institute of Museum and Library Services and was already deep in the process of developing a project that includes programs for schoolchildren and other visitors, curriculum support for teachers and a play adapted from a children’s book. President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the primary federal support for U.S. libraries and museums, “unnecessary” and vowing to eliminate it.