Amistad Research Center

The Amistad Research Center will increase its capacity to care for and exhibit its collection of fine art by African American artists by building on a recent successful collaboration with the New Orleans Museum of Art. The center was devastated by a 70 percent reduction in staff after Hurricane Katrina. Project funds will be used to recruit and hire an experienced registrar/curator and provide training to strengthen knowledge of museum practices for the remaining staff. The registrar/curator will catalog and inventory the museum's art collection, improve the permanent storage facilities, and develop and market traveling exhibitions using the center's fine arts collection. The project will allow the center to align itself with best practices and implement traveling exhibitions targeted toward underserved populations.