National Endowment for the Humanities

Pres. Trump recently signed a budget bill that included ongoing funding the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. But what that means on the ground in the Cowboy State is still up in the air.

Meeteetse Museums and the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum lost some funds when the Trump administration terminated National Endowment for the Humanities grants across the country earlier this year.

The donation comes as Trump’s 2026 budget proposal outlines a plan to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities and other federal agencies that support culture and the arts.

The money would have gone to compensating tribal representatives for their work to better tell the story of Indigenous people in the area.

Wildlife art and history museums will seek other funding avenues for Native art show and Latino history.

The funding went towards fixing a leaky roof and installing solar panels. While the roof is complete, the solar project is still in progress.

“ This is a bigger problem than a Wyoming Humanities problem. This is a state of Wyoming problem for our cultural network,” Wyoming Humanities’ executive director told WPR.

The Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) visited Northern Wyoming this week. Chairman Jon Parrish Peede spoke with Wyoming Public…

President Trump's first budget proposal called for totally zeroing out federal funding for the arts and humanities, which could disproportionately hurt…

President Donald Trump’s first federal budget plan proposes a complete defunding of both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment…