| Project MUSE: Museum Sabbatical Experience for Faculty Teaching at the Arts-Science Interface
Research stipends for four college and
university professors who teach classes on the “Chemistry of Art,” to spend
summer leave or sabbatical time in the conservation lab at the Indianapolis
Museum of Art, working on projects connected to objects in the collection.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art
(IMA) proposes a grant from the NEH to continue its established program Project
MUSE. Project Muse allows college and university professors who teach courses
at the interface of art and science to participate in important research and
technical studies of artwork in a modern conservation science laboratory at a
major museum during their sabbatical or summer leaves from teaching. The
purpose of the experience is to conduct cutting-edge research at the IMA that
benefits the Museum's research and conservation efforts and also enters into
science curricula around the country leading to increased interest in the arts
and sciences among academic faculty and undergraduate students. Intended
results include new conservation science curriculum developed for university
classes, presentations and publications on new research for the field of
conservation science, and inspiring a new generation of scholars interested in
entering the field of conservation science.
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Project fields:
Arts, General
Program:
Preservation and Access Education and Training
Division:
Preservation and Access
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Totals:
$25,000 (approved)
$25,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
3/1/2020 – 2/28/2023
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