Montana History Portal - Purpose Mission Scope Vision

Montana History Portal - Purpose, Mission, Scope, Vision

Montana History Portal

 

Purpose: 

To provide free and open access to Montana related digital materials. These materials provide opportunities for education, genealogy research, business, pleasure, and lifelong learning.  

Scope: 

The Montana History Portal includes digitized historic and contemporary resources that reflect the Montana experience and that are important to understanding Montana’s rich cultural heritage. The digital collections of the Montana History Portal may include maps, photos, rare books, documents, publications, diaries, oral histories, audio recordings, video recordings, paintings, illustrations, art and other cultural materials. 

Mission: 

The Montana History Portal encourages Montana’s cultural institutions to digitize historic and contemporary resources reflecting Montana's rich cultural heritage and to make them freely available for lifelong learning. 

Vision:  

The Montana History Portal is the premier resource for digital cultural heritage information about Montana. 


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