Hampton University (Hampton University Museum)

The Hampton University Museum will expand the accessibility of its African American art collection through a three-year collection management software implementation project. Building on a recently completed inventory and digital documentation project, the museum will engage a data manager to input data to its collections management system on paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and fiber arts. The collections data manager will lead training sessions for the museum's curatorial team to ensure their proficiency in using the software system and their ability to carry on the work at the end of the grant period. In each year of the project, four student interns will work with the staff to scan curatorial records including catalog cards and accession paperwork. The museum will present small, online exhibitions that will make the collections more fully accessible to scholars, educators, students, and the public.