Nantucket Historical Association

The Nantucket Historical Association will improve the management and care of and expand access to its 2,000-item costume and textile collection. Project activities will include inventorying, re-cataloging, photographing, and assessing the condition of objects that have not otherwise been examined in the last five years; rehousing the collection and placing it in space-efficient compact shelving units in a space with improved climate control; and making photographs, accurate physical descriptions, and contextual information accessible through the Association's online collections portal. Both the collection and its associated archival documentation will be better protected against environmental fluctuations; better housed; and more easily accessible. Detailed, accurate, and relevant collection information will be available online to help the public discover and learn from the collection. Improved cataloging will aid staff in the planning of exhibitions and programs, in the development of the collection, and in providing ready access to researchers.