The George Eastman Museum was awarded a $500,649 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America (MFA) program to conserve and digitize fragile films from the Anwar Sheikh Pakistani Collection created between 1950-1979. The grant period is from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. Under the award, the museum will hire two full-time film specialists to repair, clean, document, and stabilize the Pakistani films in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. Once processed, the film records will be published in the museum's online catalog to benefit researchers, scholars, and archivists. This project builds upon prior IMLS MFA funding that supported collection activities for the Anwar Sheikh Pakistani films.
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