Ourstory: making history relevant for new generations [ourstory: making history relevant for new generations is a cross-organizational, capacity-building project to strengthen and interpret cincinnati…

The Cincinnati Museum Center was awarded a $499,423 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will support the Museum Center's efforts to improve collections management and exhibition development capacity across multiple institutions in the Cincinnati area. Key products and services include sustaining ongoing curatorial and collections management activities of Museum staff who interpret collections and create public and educational programming. Staff will increase preservation of historical collections and develop permanent exhibitions on regional and national history. The grant also funds new curatorial positions to plan future humanities collaborations and ensure long-term access and understanding of over 1.42 million collection items for local museum visitors, remote researchers, and the Museum Center's online audience. No sub-award activities are planned under this Project Grant award.

Activities

  this grant funds & nbsp; curatorial and collections & nbsp; positions & nbsp; to sustain the ongoing activities of museum staff who interpret museum collections and create public and educational programming. In addition, staff will increase their efforts in preserving & nbsp; historical collections and developing permanent exhibitions & nbsp; on & nbsp; regional and national history. &nbsp

Expected outcomes

'this grant & nbsp; would sustain current museum initiatives while also funding the staff to plan for important humanities collaborations in the future.&nbsp

Intended beneficiaries

  the project will benefit & nbsp; local and national museum visitors as well as remote researchers and patrons to the cincinnati museum center online.&nbsp

Subrecipient activities

'the recipient does not intend to sub-award funds.]