The Digital Education Hub at the Natural History Museum of Utah: Research Quest; Archaeology: Utah's Peoples and Cultures; The Virtual Curator; and Sovereignty Interactive

FAIN: HC-275001-20

University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9049)
Rebecca T. Menlove (Project Director: May 2020 to August 2020)
Lisa Christine Thompson (Project Director: August 2020 to April 2023)

The retention and rehiring of staff members to allow for the creation of four digital humanities projects drawing upon the digitized anthropology and ethnographic collections of the museum.

The Natural History Museum will develop and implement a suite of four digital humanities programs to reside on the Museum developing Digital Education Hub to serve broad audience through virtual experiences online. These projects are essential to the Museum COVID-19 response and recovery. They will retain humanities scholars and staff, invest in humanities programs that are underway, and expand our growing consortium of digital resources for students, teachers, and the general public.