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The Medici Archive Project Inc.

N/A, N/A, US • 5 - 9 Employees
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The Medici Archive Project is a non-profit international Foundation based in the Archivio di Stato in Florence, Italy with offices in the United States. This ambitious online archive project is dedicated to revealing the astonishing story of the most influential family dynasty in Western civilization: the Medici.Mission * To create worldwide access to the historical data in the Medici Grand Ducal Archive by way of a free fully searchable on-line database * To participate in the dialogue, development and fostering of cutting-edge digital technology, applicable to the Project yet beneficial for the worldwide scholarly community as a whole * To train emerging scholars in the values and methods of archival research through hands-on work in the Medici Grand Ducal Archive * To encourage the publication of documentary material in the Medici Grand Ducal Archive and elsewhere, in print and electronic formats * To encourage the study of Italian Renaissance paleography through the development of online courses * To create a publications series under our own imprint of the research of present and past Fellows * To maintain and expand the current flow of Research Fellows through third-party sponsorship of three-year fellowships * To advocate the importance of the Medici Grand Ducal Archive and other documentary sources in achieving a full understanding of human activity in past ages.