The dallas holocaust and human rights museum seeks to further describe and digitize their collection

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Dallas Holocaust Museum $331,726 under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) for a project grant running from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. The museum will use the funding to catalog and digitize their remaining collection of 4,008 items documenting the history of the Holocaust and human rights in a local context. This includes diaries, letters, photographs, and 3D objects. Specifically, the museum will create a fully accessible online catalog meeting proper metadata standards while maintaining the physical collection. They will hire one full-time cataloger to help existing staff, interns, and volunteers eliminate the backlog. The completed catalog will allow the museum to better serve the public through searchable online records and establish their collection as the primary regional repository of related human rights artifacts.

Their archives contain 14,552 collection items on the history of the holocaust and human rights in a local context, with 4,008 items remaining to be catalogued. The museum will create a fully accessible, robust catalog and digital collection while maintaining proper metadata standards. IT also will hire one full-time, master's level cataloger to catalog the backlog alongside existing library and archives staff, interns, and volunteers. Ultimately, the museum will fully catalog their collection, which includes diaries, letters, photographs, and 3D objects. This project will allow the museum to better serve the public with complete, searchable online records and establish the museum as the only regional repository of human rights artifacts from the holocaust.