University of Minnesota (Goldstein Museum of Design)

The Goldstein Museum of Design at the University of Minnesota will digitally photograph 1,200 items in its ethnic clothing and men's wear collections as well as significant recent acquisitions and incorporate them into the museum's online database. The project, Design for Everyone: Increasing Access to Collections, will broaden access to the collections through electronic images and information, directly supporting the museum's mission to advance the understanding and appreciation of design and the awareness of how designed objects contribute to the quality of life. Through this project, the museum will expand upon the museum's education initiative to enhance object-based learning with the University of Minnesota's College of Design and foster greater use by faculty, students, and researchers of the collection's 33,700 objects.