Community Memories Program - Program Guidelines: Investment
The Community Memories Program is not a Grants and Contribution program. To fulfil the program objectives, CHIN will enter into contracts with selected member institutions for the creation of a Community Memories exhibit.
The standard investment for a museum’s first Community Memories exhibit is $5,000. This amount is sufficient to engage local communities in the exhibit development process and to cover any related production expenses2. The Community Memories software and user manual are supplied by CHIN without charge.
CHIN will be pleased to consider proposals for subsequent productions. The standard investment for subsequent productions is $2,500. Only one proposal will be eligible for consideration during any given round. An institution already working on a VMC Investment Programs production must launch its production before any subsequent proposals from the institution are eligible for consideration.
2 CHIN will provide information concerning recommended hardware and software configurations. To receive Help Desk support from CHIN during the exhibit development process, museums must use these hardware and software configurations. CHIN cannot guarantee that the Community Memories software will work with other configurations.
