The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $230,269 Project Grant to the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens Trust Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The funding will support the museum in retaining six staff members and hiring an additional curator from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 to preserve archival records and collections related to James Deering and his estate. Key activities include ongoing cataloging, digitization, and interpretation of archival and collections materials. Specifically, staff will create finding aids for existing collections, digitize and develop metadata for 2,400 pieces of correspondence and financial records, photograph 260 collection objects, and conduct conservation treatment on four objects. The funding is also intended to support one public program and publishing at least ten web or video stories. No subawards are planned. The intended outcomes align with the museum's mission and will benefit an estimated 300,000 annual onsite visitors and over 74,000 monthly website visitors through improved access to research materials and collections.
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