| CH-51230-15 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | IVC Desert Museum SE Information Center | Endowing the Imperial Valley Desert Museum: Broadening Humanities Perspectives in Archeology and in Non-museum Going Demograp | 12/1/2013 - 7/31/2020 | $260,000.00 | David | | Breeckner | | | | IVC Desert Museum SE Information Center | El Centro | CA | 92244-2455 | USA | 2014 | U.S. History | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 260000 | 0 | 207318 | Endowment for two humanities staff positions.
This NEH Challenge Grant project capitalizes on new interest in the archeology field, new economic growth in Imperial County, and five years of strategic capacity development. Endowment funding will secure the salaries and key activities of two core staff positions that will 1) have long-term impact on the preservation of an internationally significant collection undergoing fresh research, 2) build capacity to research, disseminate information, and interpret the collections, and 3) bridge the diverse cultures that our collections represent through outstanding humanities programming and exhibits. The IVDM has developed successful humanities programs in an 81.2% Hispanic-origin, low-income, non-museum going community. This is accomplished with the support of our curator positions that provide critical support for programming development. This NEH Challenge grant will build the IVDM capacity by providing long-term funding to secure indispensable staff.
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| PG-52428-15 | Preservation and Access: Preservation Assistance Grants | IVC Desert Museum SE Information Center | Achieving Sustainability in the Desert Environment: Improving Collections Storage at the Imperial Valley Desert Museum | 1/1/2015 - 6/30/2016 | $4,255.00 | Neal | V. | Hitch | | | | IVC Desert Museum SE Information Center | El Centro | CA | 92244-2455 | USA | 2014 | Cultural History | Preservation Assistance Grants | Preservation and Access | 4255 | 0 | 4255 | 0 | Hiring a consultant to evaluate storage layout and purchase supplies to improve storage and environmental conditions at the Imperial Valley Desert Museum. The museum is home to an archaeology and history collection that documents the culture collectively known as Yuman (Kumeyaay, San Dieguito, Kwaaymi, Queshan, and Cahuilla cultures), which inhabited the area of southern California and western Arizona from about 10,000 years ago through the present. Included in the collection are prehistoric artifacts, whole ceramic vessels, called “ollas” by early Spanish settlers, and the archives of archaeologist Dr. Jay von Werhlof, who surveyed prehistoric geoglyphs (or landscape art) in the region. The museum serves local, regional, and international audiences through exhibits, research, and education.
15,000 years ago the ancestors of the Kumeyaay nations lived in the most diverse environment of any indigenous population in the Americas. Their landscape ranged from the Pacific coast through the mountains and into the desert of Southern California. The Imperial Valley Desert Museum holds stewardship over the largest collection of Kumeyaay artifacts in the southwest. In 2015-2016, the IVDM will re-evaluate the collections storage layout, as suggested by a 2013 CAP, and install a new permanent exhibit that includes permanent visible storage. This grant will provide consultation with Dr. Nancy Odegaard, Head of the Arizona State Museum Preservation Division, who will guide the IVDM in developing a plan for the implementation of those projects, and purchase preservation materials suggested by a 2013 CAP report.
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