This resource presents a variety of digital resources hosted by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts that students can use to explore the life and work of renowned African-American photographer Louis Draper.  

This document lists all of the metadata (desriptive information) choices that you can use when PUBLISHING an Open Author resource on #GoOpenVA.  It is a helpful reference for those new to publishing resources and can ehlp you plan ahead before you get online to add the resource.  A printable Word document is added.

Users can rate resources on #GoOpenVA using the Star Rating system, with 5 stars being the highest praise.  You can find resources that have been rated using two different methods.  This downloadable, illustrated, step-by-step guide can help you find any resources that have already been rated.  NOTE: The number of resources that are rated relies on the help of users like you to add your opinion!

An online technical assistance and distance learning effort covering all aspects of curation -- caring for archaeological collections such as objects, records, reports, and digital data -- wherever they may be (in the field, the archeologist's office, the lab, or a repository).

This 1:30 minute video provides a short overview of the built-in #GoOpenVA Star Rating system that any registered user can use to provide feedback and guidance to other educators about how helpful any particular resource is.  #GoOpenVA encourages you to share your opinion!!!

Use this resource to help students explore the human experience across time and place, give voice to diverse perspectives found in art, and collaboratively reimagine a museum that presents a new story centered around our shared human interactions.

Are you or your students curious about how museum curators do their jobs? With this video, join gallery educator Maggie McGurn as she visits with Curator of Ancient Art, Dr. Peter Schertz to learn the story of one special object and examine its place in the museum collection. Along the way, gain some insight into how curators work, how galleries are designed, and how you can enjoy art in a museum setting.