Metal Museum

The Metal Museum will create an open-access artist database containing the digitized archives of the Society of North American Goldsmiths. The archives of approximately 16,000 images of artwork on 35mm slides includes the portfolios of more than 300 metalsmiths, exhibition records, and metalworking tutorials. This project will focus on uploading the digitized images and all related metadata to the American Craft Council website as part of their library digital collections database. The materials will also be fully accessible to the public through the museum's and Society's websites. Specific audiences served by this project are artists, researchers, educators, and students who will benefit from the vast amount of primary source material available to them.