Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

8/1/1978 - 11/30/1978

Funding Totals

$15,958.00 (approved)
$15,958.00 (awarded)


The Making of a Museum

FAIN: GM-11737-78

Hagley Museum and Library (Wilmington, DE 19807-2106)
Joseph P. Monigle (Project Director: August 1978 to present)

To produce a 15-minute sound motion picture showing the transformation of an abandoned historic industrial site into an operating museum of industry and technology. Film is intended to orient school children and adult visitors to the site so they may relate the historical interpretation offered by the film to the working reconstructions and exhibits they are viewing.