史密森尼密西西比文化保护计划收官：30名参与者将在全国民间艺术节受表彰
史密森尼学会11月3日宣布，其密西西比社区文化保护计划将收官：参与者将于11月12日至14日在密西西比州 Jackson 举行的第83届全国民间艺术节期间聚会，并由史密森尼学会教育副秘书长 Monique Chism 与密西西比州档案与历史部执行主任 Barry White 出席表彰，这也是该计划最后一次线下工作坊。
该计划2026年2月启动，汇集来自密西西比州全州15家博物馆、历史遗址和文化机构的30名参与者。近一年来，参与者通过线上与线下工作坊接受藏品养护、数字化、保存、灾害准备和以社区为中心的叙事培训，并与全州同行交流。史密森尼学会旗下非裔美国人历史文化国家博物馆、美国历史国家博物馆、博物馆保护研究所、民俗生活与文化遗产中心等机构的专家与密西西比本地专家共同授课。
该计划是史密森尼学会「区域协作」倡议推出的首个项目。这项全国性倡议旨在围绕各地社区自行确定的优先事项调配学会资源、深化与社区的伙伴关系，而不是预先设定方案。Chism 表示：「我们从社区伙伴那里听到的最重要的事情之一，是他们希望有机会彼此连接、互相学习，并为他们已经在领导的工作提升能力。这个计划表彰的是密西西比州各地每天都在保存本地历史与文化的人和机构。」
计划期间的工作坊各有侧重：在 Cleveland 的 Delta State University 举行的首场工作坊聚焦数字技术，由 Jackson State University 的 Margaret Walker Center 人员主讲如何用数字技术保存物质文化；在密西西比大学的工作坊聚焦保护与藏品养护；在海湾岸区 Walter Anderson Museum of Art 举行的最近一场聚焦灾害准备，参与者练习博物馆藏品应急处置技术，并学习在紧急情况前后保护文化资源的策略。
收官活动于11月12日至14日举行，与11月13日至15日在 Jackson 举行的全国民间艺术节部分重叠，参与者可借此学习通过民俗、传统艺术和叙事等公共文化表达方式。White 表示：「这样的伙伴关系表明，国家资源与本地知识可以结合起来创造新机会。史密森尼学会带来了资源和专业知识，参与者则围绕密西西比独特的历史、社区和文化传统共同塑造了这个计划。」
史密森尼学会表示，在密西西比积累的经验将用于今后的伙伴项目；围绕美国建国250周年展开的这项工作所建立的关系与知识，其价值将服务社区多年。（来源：史密森尼学会）
Smithsonian's Mississippi Cultural Conservation Program Culminates: 30 Participants to Be Honored at National Folk Festival
The Smithsonian Institution announced on November 3 that its Mississippi Community Cultural Conservation Program will culminate during the 83rd National Folk Festival in Jackson, Mississippi, where participants will gather Thursday, November 12 through Saturday, November 14 and be recognized by Monique Chism, the Smithsonian's Under Secretary for Education, and Barry White, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, marking the program's final in-person workshop.
Launched in February 2026, the program brought together 30 participants representing 15 museums, historic sites and cultural organizations across Mississippi. Through virtual and in-person workshops, participants received training in collections care, digitization, preservation, disaster preparedness and community-centered storytelling. Experts from across the Smithsonian, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of American History, the Museum Conservation Institute, the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and Smithsonian Affiliations, taught alongside experts in Mississippi.
The Mississippi program is the first project launched through the Smithsonian's Regional Collaboratives, a nationwide initiative designed to deepen partnerships with communities by aligning Institution resources with locally identified priorities. "One of the most important things we heard from community partners was that they wanted opportunities to connect, learn from one another and build capacity for the work they're already leading," Chism said. "This program celebrates the people and organizations across Mississippi who are preserving local history and culture every day."
Workshops during the program were tailored to community needs. An initial workshop at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, focused on digital technologies, led by staff from Jackson State University's Margaret Walker Center. Another workshop took participants to the University of Mississippi to learn about conservation and collections care. The latest workshop, on Mississippi's Gulf Coast at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art, focused on disaster preparedness and emergency response techniques for museum collections.
The culminating event, taking place November 12-14, will overlap with the National Folk Festival in Jackson, held November 13-15. "Partnerships like this demonstrate how national resources and local knowledge can come together to create new opportunities," White said. "Together, we've built relationships that will continue to strengthen this work in the years ahead." (Source: Smithsonian Institution)
来源：史密森尼学会
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图片来源：图：位于 Jackson 的密西西比州议会大厦。照片：Michael Barera，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson. Photo by Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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