George Eastman Museum

2018 HPF SAT - GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM

CONG. SETASIDES, MUSEUMS

PRESERVING AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO THE BOYER COLLECTION

PROTECTING THE NITRATE FILM HERITAGE

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT

THE GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM WILL CONSERVE AND DIGITIZE FRAGILE FILMS FROM THE ANWAR SHEIKH PAKISTANI COLLECTION CREATED FROM 1950-1979. THE PAKISTANI FILMS IN HINDI, PUNJABI AND URDU LANGUAGES WERE MADE AFTER THE PARTITION OF INDIA. BUILDING UPON COLLECTION ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED BY A 2020 MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA AWARD, STAFF WILL CONSERVE THE FILMS TO ADDRESS DETERIORATION. THE MUSEUM WILL HIRE TWO FULL-TIME FILM SPECIALISTS TO WORK WITH STAFF TO REPAIR, CLEAN, DOCUMENT, AND STABILIZE THE FILMS. ONCE FULLY PROCESSED, INFORMATION WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE MUSEUM'S ONLINE CATALOG OF FILM RECORDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESEARCHERS, SCHOLARS, AND ARCHIVISTS.

TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION OF THE SOUTHWORTH AND HAWES DAGUERREOTYPE COLLECTION.

THE GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM WILL SEEK TO EXPAND ITS OUTREACH TO NEW AUDIENCES BY CREATING TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHER GEORGE EASTMAN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY. INFORMED BY COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS, THE REINTERPRETATION OF GEORGE EASTMAN WILL ENGAGE VISITORS WITH THEMES AROUND SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES; CONDITIONS FOR THE WORKING POOR OF HIS TIME; HIS SUPPORT FOR STEM EDUCATION; AND HIS DONATIONS TO BLACK COLLEGES CONTRASTED WITH THE CHALLENGES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DISCRIMINATION. THE STEM-FOCUSED EXHIBITION TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY WILL INTEGRATE HISTORIC OBJECTS FROM THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTION. MUSEUM STAFF WILL PRODUCE AN AUDIO TOUR AND WORK WITH A TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP INTERACTIVE DIGITAL ACTIVITIES THAT UTILIZE MOBILE APPLICATIONS. A WEBSITE WILL ACCOMPANY THE EXHIBITION, INCLUDING A VIRTUAL TOUR, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND VIDEO CONTENT GEARED TOWARD AUDIENCES OF ONLINE VISITORS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, DOCENTS, AND RESEARCHERS.

THE GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM WILL DIGITIZE AND PROVIDE FREE ONLINE ACCESS TO A COLLECTION OF AUDIO AND AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS. THE NEARLY 600 HOURS OF RECORDINGS DOCUMENT THE INTERVIEWS, LECTURES, AND GALLERY DISCUSSIONS OF SIGNIFICANT PHOTOGRAPHERS, ACTORS, FILMMAKERS, SCHOLARS, CURATORS, AND CRITICS WHO HAVE INFLUENCED THE STUDY OF VISUAL CULTURE OVER THE PAST SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS. BUILDING ON A PREVIOUS IMLS-FUNDED DIGITIZATION PROJECT, THE MUSEUM WILL REFORMAT THE RECORDINGS, WHICH CURRENTLY REQUIRE TECHNOLOGICALLY OBSOLETE PLAYBACK EQUIPMENT TO ACCESS, TO OPEN-SOURCE DIGITAL FORMATS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE MUSEUM’S WEBSITE. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT A TEMPORARY FULL-TIME PROJECT PROCESSING ARCHIVIST. THE DIGITIZATION OF THE RECORDINGS WILL IMPROVE LONG-TERM PRESERVATION BY MINIMIZING HANDLING AND WILL ALLOW THE MUSEUM TO PROVIDE FREE ONLINE ACCESS FOR THE BENEFIT RESEARCHERS, HISTORIANS, ENTHUSIASTS, AND THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

THE GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM WILL FULLY CATALOG, DIGITIZE AND PROVIDE FREE ONLINE ACCESS TO THEIR ENTIRE CINEMATOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. CONSISTING OF 1,450 OBJECTS, THE COLLECTION TRACES THE INVENTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND ADVANCEMENT OF MOTION PICTURE TECHNOLOGY, AND INCLUDES THE 1895 LUMIERE CINEMATOGRAPHE, THE 1897 EDISON KINETOSCOPE, THE 1906 ELGEPHONE, TWO-COLOR 1922 TECHNICOLOR CAMERAS, AND THE 1923 CINE-KODAK AND KODASCOPE PROJECTOR. ALONG WITH COMPREHENSIVE AND ACCURATE CATALOG RECORDS, THE PLAN WILL CREATE APPROXIMATELY 12,100 DIGITAL OBJECT FILES, CONSISTING OF A SET OF EIGHT HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL IMAGES TO FACILITATE ACCESS FOR SCHOLARLY RESEARCH. A VARIETY OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS, INCLUDING SIMULCAST AND RECORDED WEBINARS, WILL INFORM AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE MUSEUM STAFF, MEMBERS, AND ONSITE AND VIRTUAL AUDIENCES ABOUT THE PROJECT'S PROGRESS.

THE GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM WILL CATALOG AND PRESERVE 1,004 UNIQUE FILM TITLES IN ITS SOUTH ASIAN CINEMA COLLECTION. A TOTAL OF 1,285 INDIAN AND PAKISTANI FILM PRINTS WERE IN IMMINENT DANGER OF DESTRUCTION WHEN THE EASTMAN MUSEUM RECOVERED THEM FROM AN ABANDONED MULTIPLEX IN CALIFORNIA IN 2014, FROM THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE NATIONAL ARCHIVE IN 2016, AND FROM A SHUTTERED CINEMA IN HOUSTON, TEXAS IN 2017. THE MUSEUM NOW HOLDS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF SOUTH ASIAN FILMS HELD OUTSIDE OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT REPRESENTING BOLLYWOOD, LOLLYWOOD, MALAYALAM, PUNJABI, TAMIL AND TELUGU PRODUCTIONS. THIS PROJECT ENTAILS CURSORY FILM CLEANING, PLACING EACH REEL OF FILM ONTO A NEW CORE, AND PLACING EACH REEL INTO A NEW CAN. FILMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE MUSEUM?S ONLINE CATALOG OF FILM RECORDS TO ADVANCE THE WORK OF RESEARCHERS, SCHOLARS, AND ARCHIVISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ACCESS TO PROJECTABLE PRINTS WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH ARCHIVAL SCREENINGS AND FILM LOANS.

TECHNICOLOR ONLINE RESEARCH ARCHIVE

CONSERVATION PROGRAM

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

TRANSFORMING AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT AND REACH THROUGH DIGITAL PROGRAMS

THE GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM WILL DIGITIZE AND PROVIDE ONLINE ACCESS TO FOUR AUDIO AND AUDIOVISUAL COLLECTIONS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST IN OBSOLETE FORMATS. THREE OF THESE COLLECTIONS ARE COMPOSED OF AUDIO AND VIDEOTAPE RECORDINGS OF ARTISTS, CURATORS, AND SCHOLARS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND CINEMA. THE FOURTH COLLECTION COMPRISES AUDIOTAPES OF MUSEUM SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS, AND CONFERENCES. THE MUSEUM WILL REFORMAT THE RECORDINGS FROM ANALOG TAPES TO OPEN-SOURCE DIGITAL FORMATS. THESE NEW FORMATS WILL BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE MUSEUM'S WEBSITE AND PLAYABLE ON ANY COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. SITE VISITORS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO CREATE TRANSCRIPTIONS OF THE RECORDINGS USING A FREE, OPEN SOURCE INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY TRANSCRIPTION TOOL. UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR CURATORS, ARTISTS, ACTORS, AND OTHERS DISCUSS TOPICS RELATED TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.

TO SUPPORT 100 YEARS OF COLOR: PRESERVING THE TECHNICOLOR LEGACY.

TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF SEVERAL DOCUMENTARY FILMS BY LEO HURWITZ.

TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED FILMS DIRECTED BY CECIL B. DEMILLE AND PHILIP KAUFMAN.

COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED FILMS.

TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED FILMS.

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF "THE INNOCENCE OF LIZETTE," DIRECTED BY JAMES KIRKWOOD AND STARRING MARY MILES MINTER.

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION PROJECT "TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT: SOCIAL ISSUES IN EARLY AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA 1911-1917.

TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION AND DIGITAL RESTORATION OF A FILM BY JAMES SIBLEY WATSON, JR.