Tinaye Agere
Richard Muponde
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The United States Embassy and the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) have completed the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) project of a cloud-based database to manage and share the at-risk collections at the Museum of Human Sciences in Harare.
In a press release this afternoon, the US Embassy said in 2020, AFCP awarded US$75 000 to NMMZ Museum of Human Sciences to develop a web-based database to document and safeguard thousands important cultural items in its collection.
The transition from a manual catalogue to a digital format documentation system will reduce the risk of theft, improve access to the collection, and spur greater interaction between the museum, public, scholars, and students.
“This collection management system will allow Zimbabweans and the global community to access, research, and better understand the museum’s significant and unique cultural artefacts,” said US Ambassador Pamela Tremont at the commissioning ceremony in Harare.
The Embassy said the exchange of knowledge between Zimbabwean and American experts is a critical component of the project.
“The collaboration between the Zimbabwe Museum of Human Science, the Fowler Museum at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and the Harare Institute of Technology led to the creation of a database that is user-friendly and meets international standards for research and inter-museum loans,” the Embassy said.
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