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