Morgan State University

This grant will support the hiring of a new director of education and volunteer coordinator to respond to an increase in the demand for museum education programs. teachers' packets, resource guides, and a volunteer handbook will be created. A recruitment strategy will be developed to attract and train 100 volunteers to work as docents, education assistants, collections assistants, and special events support. In addition, a digitization specialist will be hired to expand access to images and archival materials from the museum collections for students, faculty, museum staff, and researchers by converting primary and other source materials into digital files for online presentation. Morgan State University is the only HBCU to offer a graduate degree in museums studies and historic preservation and is the home of two museums in addition to the Center for Museums and Historic Preservation.