2015 Conservation Assessment Program Application Available
Heritage Preservation is pleased to announce the availability of Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) application as of October 1, 2014. The 2015 program year marks the 25th anniversary of CAP, and the admittance of our 3000th museum!
CAP is funded through a cooperative agreement with the Institute of Museum & Library Services, and is administered by Heritage Preservation. The program provides technical assistance to small to mid-sized museums to hire a professional conservator, approved by Heritage Preservation, for a two-day site visit. The CAP assessor uses the site visit to examine the museum’s collections, environmental conditions, and sites. The assessor then spends three days writing a report recommending priorities to improve collections care. The assessment reports submitted by professional conservators can assist the museum in developing strategies for improved collections care, long-range planning, and fund-raising for collections care.
Funds are awarded based on the museum’s budget, so the cost to the museum varies. All museums are awarded a collections assessor. Museums with buildings older than 50 years receive additional funds for an architectural assessor to identify priorities for care of the building(s). In the case of institutions such as zoos, aquariums, nature centers, botanical gardens, and arboreta, CAP can fund a specialist to assess the living collections as well as the non-living collections.
In honor of awarding funds to our 3,000th museum, we will be sending the 3,000th participant a free copy of Heritage Preservation’s Connecting to Collections Bookshelf which contains a variety of resources relating to collections care management as well as conservation and preservation practices. The books are valued at $360.00 and consist of a core set of books, DVDs, online resources, and an annotated bibliography that are essential for the care of collections.
The Bookshelf focuses on collections typically found in art or history museums and in libraries' special collections, with an added selection of texts for zoos, aquaria, public gardens, and nature centers. It will address such topics as the philosophy and ethics of collecting, collections management and planning, emergency preparedness, and culturally specific conservation issues.
Since CAP is limited to a two-day site visit, museums with small to mid-sized collections are most appropriate for this program. Larger institutions are encouraged to contact IMLS for information on the Museums for America (MFA) grant. MFA grants fund a variety of conservation projects, including general conservation surveys that can accommodate a more extensive site visit by a professional conservator.
Geared toward smaller institutions, the CAP application process is simple, and awards are made to eligible applicants as funding permits. The 2015 CAP application will be open until Monday, December 1, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. The online application can be accessed at http://cap.heritagepreservation.org. A link to this website, as well as to a fillable PDF can be found at http://www.heritagepreservation.org/CAP/application.html#apply2
To receive further information, visit our website at: http://www.heritagepreservation.org/CAP/FAQs.html
Or, contact us at:
Conservation Assessment Program
Heritage Preservation
1012 14th Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-233-0800
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Melanie Zucker | Director, Conservation Assessment Program
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