Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum

The Lehigh County Historical Society will conduct a complete inventory of the 12,500 small three-dimensional artifacts in the collection. The project includes updating catalog records following the relocation of collections and migration of associated catalog records into a new database. This phase of the project will focus on the small artifacts collection, representing one-third of the museum's entire collection and including items most often used in exhibits and collections-based programming. The museum's objectives for this collection are to inventory and update its database to improve physical and intellectual control, resulting in more effective use of its materials for research, and furnish plans, exhibits, and programs to benefit researchers and the public. The project will also result in updated collections management procedures and protocols to guide future stewardship, staff training, and project development presentations.