Mercer Museum

The Mercer Museum will improve the care, management, and intellectual control of 500 objects installed in 1916 in its Central Court, which has been preserved and exhibited as an historic interior. The museum will hire a full-time temporary project assistant to work with museum staff and external consultants to fully inventory, clean, catalog, and assess the condition of objects that are free-standing and suspended from ceilings and mezzanines. The project team will photograph the collections and assess lighting conditions. They will also conduct historical and contextual research to inform future interpretive plans and enhance the knowledge of gallery guides. They will make new data and information about the Central Court objects publicly available online through a web-based catalog. The project represents the first step toward a longer-term plan to enhance visitor engagement with this historic collection.