Project Grant ZPP28415422

#ENFIELDEVERYWHERE: PLANNING AND DEVELOPING INTEGRATED PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL EXHIBITION SITES TO COMMEMORATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHAKERISM IN AMERICA AT ENFIELD SHAKER MUSEUM [ENFIELD SHAKER MUSEUM WILL PLAN, DEVELOP, AND SCRIPT TWO DISTINCT BUT COMPLEMENTARY EXHIBITIONS TO OPEN IN 2024, THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHAKERS? FOUNDER, ANN LEE, TO AMERICA. THESE EXHIBITIONS?ONE A PHYSICAL SITE AND THE OTHER DIGITAL?WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THE MUSEUM?S WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA DURING AND AFTER THE PROJECT?S COMPLETION (2023-2026). THE PHYSICAL SITE EXHIBITION WILL EXPLORE SHAKER RELIGIOUS TENETS AND THEIR SOCIAL MANIFESTATIONS AS COMMUNALISM, GENDER AND RACIAL EQUALITY, AND PACIFISM, AS WELL AS THEIR REIFICATION IN THE SHAKERS' MATERIAL CULTURE AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND SHAPING OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THE EXHIBITION WEBSITE (#ENFIELDEVERYWHERE) WILL INCLUDE ENFIELD ARTIFACTS AND DOCUMENTS AT ENFIELD AND AT OTHER MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES AND IN PRIVATE HANDS, A DATABASE OF ENFIELD SHAKERS (ALREADY IN PRODUCTION), AND AN EXPANSION OF THEMES BEYOND THE PHYSICAL EXHIBITION'S CAPACITY.] [PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO RETAIN AND HIRE NEW MUSEUM STAFF, AND FUND WORK RELATED TO HISTORICAL EXHIBITIONS AT A MUSEUM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: TWO FULL-TIME POSITIONS, A MUSEUM CURATOR AND AN EDUCATION COORDINATOR, WILL BE RETAINED UNDER THE GRANT AND TWO NEW PART-TIME POSITIONS WILL BE HIRED. MUSEUM STAFF WILL CREATE TWO EXHIBITIONS ON THE HISTORY OF THE SHAKER RELIGION AND ITS HISTORICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNALISM, PACIFISM, AND GENDER AND RACIAL EQUALITY. STAFF WILL PLAN AND DEVELOP ONE EXHIBITION ON-SITE AT THE MUSEUM AND EXPAND DIGITAL CONTENT FOR AN ONLINE EXHIBITION. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: FUNDING WILL MAINTAIN AND EXPAND EXISTING HUMANITIES PROGRAMS AND RETAIN HUMANITIES JOBS THAT WERE THREATENED BY THE PANDEMIC. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: LONG-TIME LOCAL AND REGIONAL MUSEUM MEMBERS, DONORS, STUDENTS, VOLUNTEERS, VISITORS, AND AN ONLINE AUDIENCE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: AN EXHIBITION COORDINATOR AND HISTORY COMMUNICATOR WILL BE HIRED ON CONTRACT TO HELP DEVELOP EXHIBITION CONTENT.]