I'm heading a project with the Maltese-Canadian Museum in collaboration with Magna Żmien, a grassroots archive initiative in Malta. We're establishing the Maltese-Canadian Museum in Toronto as the digitisation hub for the Maltese diaspora in Canada. The aim of the project is to digitise home collections of Maltese individuals and families in an effort to preserve the memory of Maltese everyday life. 

Whilst we've established our museum as the digitisation hub, we don't have any digitisation equipment. In the meantime, we're using my personal equipment but we are seeking donations or to purchase equipment to keep in-house. Since I've got a pretty good amount of equipment to bring in occasionally, we're not looking to borrow any equipment. We don't have much of a budget (we're looking out for grants to apply for), but we are willing to purchase equipment. That said, we are also seeking out cash donations if people are interested in donating that way rather than through equipment. Our goal is around $5,000.

We'll take what we can get, new or old. We're a pretty crafty bunch and can probably manage to repair some items as well if you have some that aren't working well anymore.

Here's our call for donations on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MalteseCanadianMuseum/posts/688901473349767

We know it's a large ask so we are deeply appreciative of any effort to support!

Thank you and Happy New Year,

Niġel Klemenčič-Puglisevich

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Collections and Digitisation Coordinator, Maltese-Canadian Museum

MA Public History, University of Western Ontario

BA (Hons.) History and Greek & Roman Studies, Carleton University

Working/living on the territories of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak, and Chonnonton. Actively standing against colonialism and its legacies.