NEW ORLEANS — A university museum in New Orleans has received more than $216,000 to help inventory and digitize its collections.
Director Mónica Ramírez-Montagut says the grant will help Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University get unique Southern cultural assets online.
The grant's among 130 announced this month by The Institute of Museum and Library Services. They add up to $21.7 million. The institute says museums are providing $27.6 million in non-federal matching funds.
Museum spokeswoman Miriam Taylor says the museum's match is nearly $231,000. She says it can now hire full-time staff to inventory and digitize the collection.
Taylor says 2,000 of the museum's 8,000 objects are online, but some don't have images.
Ramirez-Montagut says the Newcomb Art Museum wants all of its permanent collections accessible online.
