"...the Peabody Fellows Program is taking on a new direction. Over the past two summers, the program has held institutes for science and social studies teachers...[to] foster their ability to develop new and exciting curriculum that integrates museum objects while aligning with national and state standards for learning. Along with these week-long institutes, the grant is helping the Peabody Museum to establish a regional teachers’ association which will cultivate the museum’s relationship with educators while simultaneously making connections between teachers."
The project finds the teachers collaborating to develop curriculum, sharing the Museum’s resources and knowledge, and developing long-term relationships that help promote participation.
The Peabody is the prior recipient (March, 2011) of $450,000 in Save America’s Treasures Grants for its 19th-Century Dinosaur Collections of Othniel Charles Marsh. Othniel Charles Marsh was a leading American paleontologist whose dinosaur collection proved invaluable as the fossil record Charles Darwin needed to develop his theory of evolution. America’s Treasures grant will help re-house the collection in a climate controlled environment, providing greater improve access to the collection.
The Peabody is also the prior recipient (June, 2011) of $100,901 (matched with $101,322 in local funds) in the "Provision of Optimum Environment" grant category to conserve and improve storage of its 2,000-item Historical Scientific Instrument Collection, which includes objects directly associated with 18th- and 19th-century scientists and instrument manufacturers as well as several 20th-century Nobel Prize winners. This project sees students and staff unpacking, documenting, and rehousing the collection in new museum-quality cabinets in a new storeroom equipped with environmental controls and a monitored security system. The collection is being organized according to scientific discipline and will be readily accessible to students, faculty, and researchers both physically and virtually through an online digital image database. This will promote the long-term preservation of the collection while improving access to individual instruments for study and teaching.
About the Institute of Museum and
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov.
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