A Legacy of Resilience: The Moton School Story Online Exhibition

FAIN: AH-275560-20

Longwood University (Farmville, VA 23909-1800)
Cameron D Patterson (Project Director: May 2020 to July 2023)

The Robert R. Moton Museum will create a new online exhibition that complements and enhances the museum's permanent exhibition.  It will also build museum staff capacity and skills to interact and engage with audiences virtually.

As the most significant site in Virginia to learn about civil rights history, the Robert R. Moton Museum requests a $52,974 grant from NEH CARES: Cultural Organizations to ensure that it can carry out its mission and advance the humanities during the coronavirus pandemic. By creating a new online exhibition that complements and enhances the museum’s permanent exhibition, this project enables the museum to reach its audience virtually with enriching content. It also builds a stronger foundation for offering online learning that is increasingly important while the museum is closed and has limited visitation over the next year. This grant will support the creation and launch of the online exhibition and build museum staff capacity and skills to interact and engage with audiences virtually. It is critical that teachers still have access to the vast learning resources available through the museum and virtual interaction with museum staff.