The national museum of mexican art will digitize and provide online access to a collection of mid-20TH century mexican outfits and textiles with cultural, artistic, historical, and anthropological…

The National Museum of Mexican Art received a $102,300 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program to digitize and provide online access to the Sandra Cisneros Textile Collection. The Museum will digitize 78 outfits and select an additional 70+ objects from the Collection, which features mid-20th century Mexican garments and textiles of cultural, artistic, historical and anthropological value. Museum curatorial staff and a contracted photographer will facilitate the digitization project, with assistance from a part-time intern. Images and associated data from the Collection will be made accessible through the Museum's website. The project aims to make this important Collection available to the public and increase visibility of Mexican art, culture and artists. The award period is September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023.

The national museum of mexican art will digitize and provide online access to a collection of mid-20TH century mexican outfits and textiles with cultural, artistic, historical, and anthropological value. The project will focus on the sandra cisneros textile collection, which was donated to the museum by the author and national medal of arts awardee. Project activities will include digitizing 78 outfits in the collection; selecting and digitizing an additional 70+ objects that connect with and inform the collection; and making the images and associated data accessible through the searchable art section of the museum's website. The museum's curatorial staff will facilitate the project with the assistance of a contract photographer and a part-time intern. The project will make this collection accessible to the public and result in greater visibility of mexican art, culture, and artists.