Musselshell Valley Historical Museum Moves into the
Millennium
Thanks to a
generous grant from Mr. Gary Sackett, the Musselshell Valley Historical Museum will be taking
a giant leap into the age of technology.
Mr.. Sackett, a former resident whose family roots
date back to 1910, returned to Roundup to
participate in last year's 50 year class reunion.
With registration taking place at the Museum, Mr. Sackett was able to meet with former friends and
also become acquainted with our museum. His
specific interest was to help the Museum upgrade its
record keeping process for documenting photographs,
archival material and actual artifacts, that is, to
facilitate the conversion of paper record keeping to
a modern database.
Because of his generous donation and with the recommendations made as a result of the work done by
our technology committee, the Museum is purchasing
computers and camera equipment, an excellent
software program geared to small museums, and
employing a part time technician for data entry.
A generous
donation was also received from local resident, Rich Durgin, of
Computers For Tomorrow,
who built the computer system according to our needs
and purposes. Rich gave the computer system to the
museum at his cost and installed the system for us.
We are deeply appreciative of his expertise and the
time he has spent working and advising us.
This project of placing our paper collection records
on an electronic database, will help us in achieving
secure documentation and archiving, and provide
quick access to the information.
The process is on going and the Museum will
need another $4000 to $5000 over the next year to
complete the project.
Any monetary contributions
that members of our community can make will be
greatly appreciated and will ensure the completion
of this project as planned. Make your contributions to MVHM, attention Shirley Parrott, treasurer and
designate the Technology Project.
Contributions are tax deductible as the Museum is a
501(c)(3) organization