Preservation Society of Newport County

The Preservation Society of Newport County will conduct an inventory of nearly 54,000 objects and will digitize 157 selected items from its eleven historic houses representing American culture from the Colonial Era through the Gilded Age. Project activities will include updating and standardizing object descriptions, locations, and condition assessments; creating clear photographs of each object; and professionally photographing a subset of priority objects to post on a new collections section of the museum’s website. By improving the accuracy, user-friendliness, and accessibility of the museum’s database, the project will allow the museum to better serve outside researchers and the general public; improve collections management; and advance the organization’s ability to support collections-based exhibitions, publications, and educational programs.