SIUE's University Museum Awarded $153K Museums for America Grant
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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The University Museum at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was awarded a two-year $153,459 grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services as part of their Museums for America program.
Key Points:
- EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The University Museum at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was awarded a two-year $153,459 grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services as part of their Museums for America program.
- It will also provide a foundation for increased intellectual control and preservation of the Museum's ethnographic collections and expand the accessibility of the collections and associated data for both research and educational purposes.
- "The value of the University Museum can be measured on multiple scales and differently by the many communities it serves," said Erin Vigneau-Dimick, executive curator of the SIUE University Museum.
- The creation of improved records and digital surrogates will reduce unnecessary handling and increase remote access for university stakeholders.