The joseph moore museum at earlham college will complete the fourth phase of a longer-term digitization and access program
Ended Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- MA251622OMS22
- Recipient
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Earlham College, Inc. UEI MJWEKJMGD7R9
- Awarding agency
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
- Obligated
- $420,097
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 45.301 Museums for America
- Completion date
- Funding
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- $209,983.00 Federal
- $210,114.00 Non-federal
- Place of performance
- Richmond, IN, USA
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About this award
The Joseph Moore Museum at Earlham College will receive $420,097 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The museum will complete the fourth phase of its long-term digitization and access program by rehousing over 17,000 ornithology and teaching collection specimens, improving integrated pest management, and establishing protocols to photograph vertebrate collections. At least 10 undergraduate interns will be trained in best practices for digitization. The project supports the museum's ongoing program for undergraduates in museum studies and will enhance access to specimens for researchers and educators.
Description
With the assistance of student interns, staff will rehouse the nests and eggs in the ornithology collection; catalog and rehouse the teaching collections including a large collection of historic taxidermy; improve the museum's integrated pest management system; and establish a protocol for photographing the vertebrate collections. The project will result in improved access to more than 17,000 specimens for researchers and educators. The implementation of this project will also support the museum's ongoing program for undergraduates in museum studies by training at least 10 paid undergraduates in best practices in digitization.
Quick answers
Who received award MA251622OMS22?
MA251622OMS22 was awarded to Earlham College, Inc. by Institute of Museum and Library Services (National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities) on September 1, 2022.
How much is award MA251622OMS22 worth?
$420,097 has been obligated on MA251622OMS22: $209,983 in federal funding and $210,114 in non-federal funding.
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