Wanuskewin Heritage Park Authority

Published purpose

Wanuskewin Heritage Park (WHP), a non-profit organization and proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site, plans to catalogue, digitize and preserve the visual material collection that began with the first archeological digs, in the early 1980s, and spans to the present day. The collection comprises various media formats, including approximately 1,000 35mm slides, 1,000 photographs, 50 VHS tapes, and 30 posters. The funding will contribute in two main ways. First, it will serve to catalogue and digitize the visual material collection, along with the accompanying metadata, and add it to the WHP's established database. Second, it will make it possible to acquire the infrastructure, equipment, and tools needed to adequately care for the collection in order to ensure continued access, proper use, and preservation.