The Children's Museum

Collections and Community Engagement [BCM Seeks to Preserve Humanities Staff Through a Robust Process for Developing Co-created Collections Displays and Recorded Oral Histories as Part of the Our City Exhibit and for Display Windows Throughout the Museum. the Process Involves Working With Community Members to Review Existing Collections Holdings to Identify Meaningful Materials, Determining Current Gaps, Recording First-person Narratives Related to the Objects, Editing the Recorded Stories, Prototyping Them With Visitors to Ensure They Are Compelling, and Installing These Object Vignettes and Audio Guides With Media Players.] [purpose:?development of The museum?s ?our City? Exhibition.  Activities to Be Performed: community Outreach, Collection Review, Oral History Recording and Editing, curation and Acquisition of Objects, development Of exhibit displays, Evaluation.    Expected Outcomes:?families From Diverse backgrounds will examine identity And bias, Interact, Share Experiences, and Build Understanding and Compassion by Engaging With the Exhibition. the Museum Will Refine a Process for Future Community Co-creation of Exhibits.    Intended Beneficiaries: museum Visitors, Especially Children four- to Ten- years Old and Their Families and Caregivers.  Subrecipient Activities:?the Recipient Does Not Intend to Subaward Funds.]