National Gallery of Art Tour Info

2014 Annual Conference    SAA/NAGARA/COSA

Repository Tour Information Form           National Gallery of Art

(Reserved tour times are August 12 and 13,   9:00am – 5:00 PM)

Date:     Wednesday, August 13

Time:     1:30-3:00 p.m.

Minimum Number of Participants:           5

Maximum Number of Participants:          20          

Pre-registration Required? (Y/N):             Yes        

Contact Information:                                      Maygene Daniels             Chief, Gallery Archives

                                                                                M-Daniels@nga.gov       202 842-6175

Description of Tour: 

This tour will visit the Gallery Archives of the National Gallery of Art to explore recent developments in the transition from legacy analog documents to a digital environment in a traditional museum archives.   The tour will include an introduction to the scope and functions of the Gallery’s archives and will investigate recent experiences with digitization projects and the acquisition and preservation of born digital museum records.  The presentation also will examine elements of the museum’s digital archival repository, including storage, the purpose-built archival management database, a digital asset manager and other tools. 

Address:              National Gallery of Art West Building

                                6^th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW

Is Parking Available? (Y/N):                          NO

Public Transit Accessible? (Y/N):                                YES

Closest Metro and/or Metrobus:              Metro - Archives/Navy Memorial [Green or Yellow Line]

Any Additional Entrance Requirements:               

Meet at 1:30 p.m. in the National Gallery of Art West Building [6^th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW] in the Constitution Avenue Lobby.

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