Pratt Museum Building Community Through Stories: Connecting to Collections in a Time of Coronavirus

FAIN: GA-274480-20

Pratt Museum (Homer, AK 99603-7504)
Jennifer Gibbins (Project Director: May 2020 to October 2025)

Retention of five staff to develop digital programming based on themes from the Pratt's permanent exhibition.

The Pratt Museum will develop digital programming to engage the community and visitors from afar to ensure the museum remains a vital part of the cultural landscape of the region during the new COVID paradigm. These programs will be based off themes from the Pratt's permanent exhibit, Kachemak Bay: An Exploration of People and Place to explore profound ecological, cultural, social and economic changes in the region. Centered around objects from the Pratt's collections, programs will invite engagement from tradition-bearers, artists, scholars, and the community as a whole, drawing out stories and knowledge from museum stakeholders. And, programs will be regular and predictable-building anticipation from museum audiences and tripling the museum's reach.