OURstory: Making History Relevant for New Generations

FAIN: ZPA-283605-22

Cincinnati Museum Center (Cincinnati, OH 45203-1118)
Elizabeth W. Pierce (Project Director: May 2021 to June 2023)

The creation of three curatorial and exhibition positions, as well as the retention of four archives and collections positions, for a cross-organizational project between the Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (NURFC) that would build collections management and exhibition development capacity.

OURstory: Making History Relevant for New Generations is a cross-organizational, capacity-building project to strengthen and interpret Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) and National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (NURFC)’s rich history collections, which together number more than 1.42 million items. This collaborative project, which comes at a critical moment for both organizations, will support collections management and exhibition development. Funding will sustain the ongoing activities of current CMC and NURFC staff who preserve, interpret and share both museums’ history collections. The project will also support the hiring of three new positions, CMC’s Curator of Historical Objects and NURFC’s Curator and Manager of Exhibit Development––who will play critical roles in the preservation of historical collections and development of permanent exhibitions that share and contextualize history for the public.