The following is a press release from the federal Institute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS). An HTML version of the release can be read
on the IMLS Web site at:
http://www.imls.gov/whatsnew/current/090105.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 1, 2005
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Eileen Maxwell, [log in to unmask]
Mamie Bittner, [log in to unmask]
IMLS Conservation Project Support Program Deadline Extended for Museums
in Declared Disaster Areas
Washington, D.C.-Mary Chute, Acting Director of the Institute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS), announced today that the application
deadline for the agency's Conservation Project Support grant program has
been extended from October 1 to November 1 for museums in the counties
that have been declared disaster areas by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (see list below). Conservation Project Support grants
help museums undertake their most critical conservation activities to
ensure the safekeeping of the nation's cultural, scientific, historic,
and artistic heritage for a lifetime of learning for today's, and
future, generations.
"The devastation in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities is
beyond belief," said Mary Chute. "Our hearts go out to the people and
families affected by this catastrophe. As the situation is assessed
throughout the coming days and weeks, we will work in coordination with
others to make services and information available to the numerous
museums and libraries along the Gulf Coast, which are integral community
centers, to help them begin recovering from Katrina."
2005 Federally Declared Disaster Areas As of 9/1/2005:
(Additional designations may be made at a later date after further
evaluation.)
Alabama Counties
Baldwin, Clarke, Choctaw, Mobile, Sumter, and Washington Counties
Florida Counties
Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties
Louisiana Parishes
Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Caddo, Calcasieu,
Cameron, East Baton Rouge, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caldwell,
Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, Desoto, East Carroll, East Feliciana,
Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson,
Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston,
Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee,
Plaquemines, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Bernard, St.
Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Landry, St. Mary, St.
Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Terrebonne, Union, Vermilion,
Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, Winn, and
West Feliciana Parishes
Mississippi Counties
Adams, Amite, Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay,
Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison,
Hinds, Itawamba, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones,
Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lee, Lincoln, Lowndes,
Madison, Marion, Monroe, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pearl
River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Walthall,
Warren, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson, and Winston Counties
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent federal
grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of
learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities. The
Institute fosters leadership, innovation, and a lifetime of learning by
supporting the 15,000 museums and 122,000 libraries in America. The
Institute also encourages partnerships to expand the educational benefit
of libraries and museums. To learn more about the Institute, please
visit http://www.imls.gov
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Eileen Maxwell
Public Affairs Officer
Institute of Museum and Library Services 1800 M Street, NW 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20036-5802
202-653-4632
202-653-4600(fax)
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