Cayuga Museum

THE CAYUGA MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART WILL COMPLETE THE RESEARCH PHASE OF THE MUSEUM’S PLANNED PERMANENT EXHIBIT EXPLORING THE COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF CAYUGA COUNTY. THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT HIRING A NEW CURATOR AND A PAID INTERN WHO WILL CREATE A NEW INTERPRETIVE PLAN WHICH WILL BE USED AS THE FRAMEWORK TO INFORM THE EXHIBIT PLAN AND FINAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW EXHIBIT. THROUGH THIS PROJECT, THE MUSEUM WILL ACTIVELY EXPLORE THE NARRATIVE OF HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED COMMUNITIES WITH THE GOAL TO CREATE AN INVITING SPACE FOR CONSISTENT ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIONAL HISTORY.

THE CAYUGA MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART WILL IMPLEMENT ?PROCESSING THE PAST: DIGITIZING CAYUGA COUNTY?S PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY??A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY AND DIGITIZATION PROJECT THAT WILL COMPLETE AN UNFINISHED INVENTORY OF THE MUSEUM?S PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 7,000 STILL IMAGES. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL CATALOG PHOTOGRAPHS, MATCHING THEM WITH EXISTING RECORDS AND VERIFYING HISTORICAL ACCURACY IF NECESSARY. NEXT, THEY WILL SCAN AND DIGITIZE THE IMAGES TO MAXIMIZE LONG-TERM PRESERVATION AND CREATE A DATABASE TO ALLOW FOR INCREASED ONLINE ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION BY RESEARCHERS AND THE PUBLIC. THEY WILL CREATE A PROCEDURES MANUAL FOR FUTURE INVENTORY PROJECTS, ADHERING TO PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR COLLECTIONS STEWARDSHIP.