San Diego Chinese Historical Museum Recipient of CollectionSpace Mini-Grant

2016 marks the twentieth anniversary of the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, which has become the custodian of thousands of ethnographic artifacts and works of art related to China and Chinese in America. This small museum in downtown San Diego has always had the mission of sharing Chinese and Chinese American history, culture and art with diverse audiences; however, it has never had the resources to share this one-of-a-kind collection outside of its physical exhibition spaces.

With great excitement, the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum was awarded the first CollectionSpace implementation mini-grant. SDCHM plans to use CollectionSpace to begin the process of archiving and digitizing the Museum’s collections in order to eventually make this material available to the general public online.

Together with the Balboa Park Online Collaborative, SDCHM will be embarking on an extensive project to organize its collections into an effective system of archival management. The Museum will be working closely with the Balboa Park Online Collaborative on this endeavor.

The San Diego Chinese Historical Museum deeply appreciates the support and guidance of CollectionSpace and Balboa Park Online Collaborative and hopes to involve the greater San Diego and Asian art community in part of this new archival and digitization process.

About the Museum

The San Diego Chinese Historical Museum was founded in 1996 and is located in downtown San Diego in the heart of the Asian Pacific Historic District.  With three museum spaces and a beautiful Chinese-style garden, the Museum is committed to establishing a broad platform to showcase Chinese and Chinese American history, culture, and art to the public. In twenty years, the Museum have sponsored hundreds of educational lectures, exhibitions, and walking tours. The Museum also runs educational programming for children and adult audiences.

About CollectionSpace

CollectionSpace is an open-source collections management system developed by the community and stewarded by LYRASIS. CollectionSpace is used by a diverse array of museums and municipalities, including art museums, historical societies, herbaria, and botanical gardens.

For Additional Information, Please contact:
Dr. Alex Stewart
info@sdchm.org
TEL： 619-338-9888
San Diego Chinese Historical Museum
404 Third Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101