Harriet Tubman Museum

The Tubman African American Museum will initiate an arts and history outreach program to benefit teachers and students in schools and after-school programs in Middle Georgia. The project will build the Tubman museum's capacity to reach beyond the walls of the museum to bring its unique resources in arts education and African American history to schools that face increasing obstacles to fieldtrips and to at-risk youth who rarely have the opportunity to travel outside their own communities. Funding will support the hiring of a full-time outreach coordinator, four part-time outreach teachers, and a consultant to assist the museum in designing a successful program. Funds will also provide for the training of a staff member to upgrade and maintain the museum's Web site with an educator's page featuring printable and downloadable teacher's guides and curricula.