Yes! You Can Have Access to That! Increasing and Promoting the Accessibility of Maryland’s Archaeological Collections
Author(s): Rebecca Morehouse; Sara Rivers Cofield; Erin Wingfield
Year: 2016
Summary
Eighteen years ago, the State of Maryland’s archaeological collections were moved into the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory (MAC Lab) at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in Southern Maryland. This was an important step towards improving the storage conditions of the Maryland collections, but it did little to make the collections more accessible. Understanding the need for better access to archaeological collections, MAC Lab staff spent years rehousing, inventorying and conserving collections to make them more available to researchers, students, and other institutions for study, education, and exhibit. This poster will highlight the various approaches the MAC Lab has taken to not just increase, but to also promote, access to the Maryland collections through outreach programs, exhibits, and online research tools.
Cite this Record
Yes! You Can Have Access to That! Increasing and Promoting the Accessibility of Maryland’s Archaeological Collections. Rebecca Morehouse, Sara Rivers Cofield, Erin Wingfield. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 402990)
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Keywords
General
Access
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Collections
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Curation
Geographic Keywords
North America - Mid-Atlantic
Spatial Coverage
min long: -79.567; min lat: 36.985 ; max long: -75.092; max lat: 39.8 ;