The Museum of Broadcast Communications Receives $250,000 Grant From the Tawani Foundation

The Museum of Broadcast Communications Receives $250,000 Grant From the Tawani Foundation

CHICAGO, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tawani Foundation has awarded The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) $250,000 to fund a digitization initiative that will make more than 600 programs on U.S. military issues available to the public, both onsite and online. The grant will also support two public programs exploring the media and the military.

"The Tawani Foundation shares the MBC's passion for collecting, preserving and presenting significant moments in radio and television history, and many of those moments relate to military history," said Bruce DuMont, MBC Founder and President. "The Foundation also has passion for making important content available for public access and debate and this partnership will allow the MBC and the Tawani Foundation to meet its mission of education," DuMont added.

Edward Tracy, Executive Director of the Tawani Foundation, said, "Since its inception in 1987, The Museum of Broadcast Communications has provided superb resources for archiving broadcast media, developed strong educational programming and has positioned itself for the transformational media worlds. Tawani Foundation is proud to form this partnership with the MBC for the study of U.S. military history."

The MBC has a diverse audio-visual collection of documentaries, national news programs, and radio reports focusing on U.S. military history (World War II, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf War). Thanks to the grant from the Tawani Foundation, this collection will be part of the Museum's digital library.

The digitized programs from the Museum's U.S. Military History collection will be available on-site at the new MBC at 360 N. State Street, scheduled to open in late 2006. Digitized programs will be available on the Ground Floor (both in the Media Cafe and the A.C. Nielsen Media Research Center), and key programs will be part of the third-floor exhibit exploring the genre of News.

The Pritzker Military Library, supported by the Tawani Foundation, will also have access to the entire collection of digitized programs relating to U.S. Military History. Select programs from the U.S. Military History collection will also be available online at http://www.museum.tv/ , which receives over 4 million visitors a year.

The Tawani Foundation promotes knowledge and understanding through the direct support of individuals and organizations dedicated to historical preservation, health and wellness, and environmental conservation.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications is one of three broadcast museums in the United States. Currently, it is building a new 70,000-square-foot home at State and Kinzie streets in downtown Chicago. The new MBC will include new interactive exhibit galleries, expanded archives with a media cafe, working radio and television studios, and a gift shop.

Source: Museum of Broadcast Communications

CONTACT: Raissa Allaire of MBC, +1-312-396-0104

Web site: http://www.museum.tv/

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