The mariners' museum will catalog and digitize over 30,000 photographic negatives from seven collections
Ended Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- ST255010OMS23
- Recipient
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Mariners Museum UEI ZTFVEDQP3YC1
- Awarding agency
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
- Obligated
- $830,061
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 15.929 Save America's Treasures
- Completion date
- Funding
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- $392,487.00 Federal
- $437,574.00 Non-federal
- Place of performance
- Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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About this award
The Mariners' Museum received a $830,061 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures (SAT) program (CFDA 15.929) to catalog and digitize over 30,000 photographic negatives from seven collections documenting the history of maritime transportation, shipbuilding, the U.S. Navy, and maritime commerce in coastal Virginia. The museum will hire a digitization specialist and photography intern to digitize and store these at-risk collections, making the images available online for scholars, students, and the public. This work will preserve important cultural and intellectual artifacts as part of the SAT program's mission to protect nationally significant historic properties and collections.
Description
The collections document the histories of transport via waterway, shipbuilding, the U.S. Navy, and maritime commerce in coastal virginia, including collections of edwin tappan adney, who documented indigenous bark canoe traditions, and of newport news shipbuilding, which still builds aircraft carriers and submarines. The museum will hire a digitization specialist to work with a paid photography intern to digitize and store collections at risk of deterioration. Lastly, staff will make these images available online for the benefit of scholars, students, and the general public.
Quick answers
Who received award ST255010OMS23?
ST255010OMS23 was awarded to Mariners Museum by Institute of Museum and Library Services (National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities) on October 1, 2023.
How much is award ST255010OMS23 worth?
$830,061 has been obligated on ST255010OMS23: $392,487 in federal funding and $437,574 in non-federal funding.
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