Haddam Historical Society/Thankful Arnold House Museum Awarded Museum Makeover Grant
Haddam, CT-The Haddam Historical Society is thrilled to announce that it has been selected for a Museum Makeover, a new effort designed to improve the visitor experience at cultural heritage organizations throughout Connecticut.
Museum Makeover is a program of Conservation ConneCTion and is supported through a partnership with the Connecticut League of History Organizations and funded by a grant from the CT Cultural Fund. The CT Cultural Fund is administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts from the Connecticut State Legislature.
The Haddam Historical Society’s makeover will address the need for a more structured archival processing and storage areas. The grant includes two traveling curators who will help the organization determine the most effective use of the museum’s current limited space in a way that meets best practices and creates a well -organized work environment. The end result of the project will help the society to easily and efficiently access, process and store Haddam’s invaluable artifacts and objects. The organization will also receive $3000 to upgrade storage areas so that staff, volunteers, visitors, researchers and students will have an improved and accessible experience.
HHS Executive Director, Elizabeth Malloy noted that “improving the collections area will ensure that archival processing and storage will meet museum standards and make accessibility to collections more productive for visitor and community-based exhibits and programs. Staff and volunteers will be able to produce temporary and traveling exhibits in a more professional, unencumbered manner. These exhibits which are shared with the community and schools will develop visitor’s knowledge of Haddam’s history and the stories our collections communicate about the community’s past.”
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