Processing and digitizing important global heritage collections at the field museum [through this one-year project, anthropology collections staff at the field museum of natural history will…

The Field Museum of Natural History received a $217,897 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to process and digitize 15 anthropology collections from around the world. Through this one-year award, the Museum will hire two full-time registration assistants and convert a part-time registrar position to full-time. These staff will organize, describe, and digitally archive approximately 8,000 to 10,000 objects from newly acquired collections focusing on Native American materials, Mexican folk art, and textiles from Southwest China. Once completed by the December 2023 end date, the collections will be fully accessible to researchers, educators, students, and the public through both on-site exhibits and digital archives. No subawards are associated with this Project Grant.

Activities

The & nbsp; registrar and full-time registration assistants will'organize and describe & nbsp;8,000 & nbsp; to & nbsp;10,000 items from & nbsp;15 & nbsp; different & nbsp; newly acquired collections including native & nbsp; american and pacific island'materials, mexican & nbsp; folk-art'items, and textiles from southwest china.  they will ensure that the & nbsp; objects & nbsp; are & nbsp; represented in the & nbsp; digital archive and prepare them for & nbsp; use in & nbsp; physical exhibits. 'IT is estimated that this & nbsp; activity & nbsp; will take & nbsp;3,650 hours to complete. ' &nbsp

Expected outcomes

  by hiring two full-time registration assistants and making a part-time assistant registrar position full-time, these 15 collections will be fully processed and accessible by the end of the one-year grant project.&nbsp

Intended beneficiaries

  once fully processed, these items will be available for research, exhibition, loan, and exploration by scholars,  curators at other & nbsp; institutions, students,  teaches,  and the public & nbsp; online and on site.&nbsp

Subrecipient activities

'the recipient does not intend to subaward funds. ]