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MSST & Tri-State Coalition Win IMLS Grant!
IMLS makes 2011 Grant Awards Announcments - UD MSST recieves 21st Century Museum Professionals Grant
Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today 10 awards totaling $1,989,953 matched with $2,414,685 of non-federal funds for 21st Century Museum Professionals Grants. IMLS received 52 applications requesting $12,979,870 in funds. "Museum professionals play an essential role in educating and engaging audiences," said Susan Hildreth, IMLS Director. "This program provides opportunities to improve knowledge and skills in the areas of collections care and exhibit development and also builds capacity through fostering strategic planning and organizational leadership."
University of Delaware - Newark, DE Award Amount: $325,286; Matching Amount: $325,286 Contact: Professor Katherine Grier The University of Delaware Museum Studies Program will work in partnership with the Tri-State Coalition of Historic Sites to create a collaborative training program for small historic organizations and emerging professionals. A series of workshops will be offered for paid and unpaid staff of 40 historic sites in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey on collections, new media, social media, and volunteer programs. Each workshop will have two sessions one month apart, so that participants may learn a new skill in the first session, have one month to practice the new skill, and share the outcome in the following session. During their winter break, 18 museum studies students will work with volunteers and staff at historic sites on a collections-based community service projects with a focus on inventory, condition reporting, and re-housing of collections. IMLS funding will also support the creation of a resource center to include a lending library of media tools, collections care equipment, and on-line reference videos of narrated presentations created by students and geared to the needs of small historic sites.
Attack of the Podcasters!
Have you signed up yet? Hurry- space is limited! A hands-on workshop on how to create podcasts for your historic site or museum. Brought to you by the Tri-State Coalition of Historic Places and Museum Studies at University of Delaware, through the generous support of IMLS. Monday, June 11 and Monday, June 25, 2012 from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. More Information
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MSST 866: Independent Study
Focuses on the planning, designing, and fabrication of economical museum exhibits for changing exhibition rooms and alternative spaces. Emphasizes time-, money- and labor-saving technqiues. Students design and produce a temporary exhibit in the University Gallery or in a local museum. Read more
