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Making
Progress in the Digitization Project
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L O B A L A C C E S S
The
museum’s Digitization Project, which began work
in June 2015, is progressing faster than
expected.
Digitizing
the museum’s archival collection is a long-term
project that is expected to take ten years to
complete. The purpose of this important project is
to catalogue, scan, and create database records of
the museum’s growing archival collection. This
will aid the museum in conserving its current
archival resources and in making the museum’s
archival collection easily accessible and readily
available for public consumption. The museum plans
to develop virtual exhibits on the museum’s
website for the public to access. Additional long
term goals of the program include providing public
online access to portions of the museum’s
archival collection, followed by privileged access
to local, regional, and national institutions of
higher education to aid in academic research and
elevated learning outcomes.
Below
photos are of staff and interns assisting in
the tedious process of digitizing the collections
of archival materials.
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More
To Do -
The
museum has set a two year goal to digitize
nineteen collections. ArchivesManager
Ethan Bowers (above center photo) is happy
to report that as of January 2016, eight
collections have been fully catalogued and
scanned, and data entry has begun on those eight
collections. These collections constitute 7,000
to 10,000 items and nearly forty-five percent of
the initial two year digitization goal. Over the
next few months, more collections will undergo
the digitization process and the museum will
continue to take steps forward in completing
this monumental but extraordinarily important
task.
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Museum
Store - Adjunct to Auburn's Automotive Story
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Museum
Store wearables reflect the latest and
most popular graphic designs in generous
sizing up to 3X-large in most offerings, like the blue
museum t-shirt in the display photo
(right.) Let's not forget educational toys
for the younger set too! Can't get to the Museum
Store? Well, store items arew available
online making
it easy to obtain the latest addition to the
Museum Store anytime.
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Unlike
many shops you may have experienced, the ambience
of the Museum Store is gallery-like in many
aspects. One is surrounded with nostalgic
images from the Classic Era direct from the
museum's archival photographic collections - it's
the 1930s! From art-deco inspired
polished chrome store fixtures, a
stacked-high diversity of products, to
self-exploratory and engaging computer CD-ROMS
one is immersed in a plethora of "take-home" items
and real-time activities that commemorate
automobilia past, present and future.
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View
the automobile collection of one of the most
respected automobile museum's in the country in
this 49-minute, color DVD. The DVD entitled Your
Visit to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile
Museum is
a visual overview of the museum's collection and
automotive history. Visit every fascinating
gallery and the cars unique to each gallery;
learn of the historical significance of the
former Auburn Automobile Company, the auto
stylists and the company's former leader E.L.
Cord. The best-selling DVD takes you on a
personal tour through the collection with
insights that will surprise you throughout
the DVD.
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