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Show I j . fc-, ' - ; ' ' I -"'' ; I Alan Poole, left, and Justin .Alison are two of three musicians performing Sunday at theKimball Art Center's Coffee House. Assistance Available to Utah Museums Free assistance to Utah museums in organizing, maintaining, and publicizing historical collections of any size is now available from the Utah State Historical Society, So-ciety, announced John M. Bourne, Society museum services coordinator. With the help of a federal grant from the Institute of Museum Services, the society so-ciety is now able to continue our technical assistance program. pro-gram. Bourne said. During the last fiscal year, the Society was able to assist 19 Utah museums under a similar grant. Over 100 small museums in Utah house artifacts ranging from clothes and photographs to pioneer furniture fur-niture and farm equipment. Most have small or nonexis- tent operating budgets and cannot pay to hire or train personnel in collection and conservation management. Bourne explained. Recognizing Recog-nizing the situation of these small museums, the Historical Histori-cal Society is now equipped to ofer them free on-site assistance. "Important historical records re-cords are often lost and the purpose of collecting becomes be-comes meaningless when museum artifacts are not cared for properly," said Bourne. "Through this program, we hope to preserve pre-serve the historic value of many artifacts in Utah," he continued. The Historical Society's technical assistance team is prepared to offer guidance in all areas of collection man agement. Documentation, cataloging, fundraising, preparing pre-paring publications, exhibit design, public relations, and publicity are the areas discussed with museum management and volunteers. The team was formed to help seek solutions to problems prob-lems that exist in Utah's small museums and visits each museum that requests aid to identify and offer possible solutions to each museum's unique problems. These services are made available at no expense to the museums. For more information, or to request assistance, contact John M. Bourne, museum services coordinator, Utah State Historical His-torical Society, 300 Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101, or call (801) 533-7037. |