Award purposethis project will help protect and take care of old artifacts (objects made or used by people long ago) that are stored at the university of alaska museum of the north

These items belong to the public and are managed by the bureau of land management (BLM). Many of the artifacts are in poor condition because they were stored using old methods that are now damaging them. This project will help fix that and make sure these important pieces of history are saved for the future.activities to be performedpeople working on this project will:organize, label, and count the artifactsmove them into better storage containers to keep them safescan and digitize the collections so they can be viewed onlinehire and train a college student to help with the workbuy special supplies to protect the artifactsall work will follow museum and government rules for how to care for historical items.expected deliverablesa trained student assistant who gains real-world museum experiencebetter storage for many artifacts to stop further damagedigital records of the collections for easier accessquarterly updates on hours worked, items improved, and money spenta 510 page report by the end of the project explaining what was doneintended beneficiariesblm alaska state office, which is responsible for protecting these collectionsthe university of alaska museum of the north, where the artifacts are storedalaska native villages and tribes, who may have cultural ties to the itemsresearchers and the public, who will have better access to the collectionsthe student assistant, who will gain valuable job training and experience