Conservation Assessment Program Grants Now Available
Could you benefit from the advice of an outside professional to help you
plan for the care and maintenance of your collections and historic
buildings? Would you like to jump start collections care at your museum?
The Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) can help!
CAP is a non-competitive federal grant that provides funds for 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 writes a report recommending
priorities to improve collections care. The resulting CAP report can
help your institution develop strategies for improved collections care,
long-range planning, staff and board education, and fund-raising. If
your museum is located in a historic building (50 years or older), CAP
will support the participation of a preservation architect as well.
Zoos, aquariums, nature centers, botanical gardens, and arboreta may
have one of their CAP assessors look at conservation needs of their
living collections.
CAP is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and
administered by Heritage Preservation. The FY 2005 application is now
available! Call a member of the CAP staff to receive an application, or
download an application from Heritage Preservation's Web site,
www.heritagepreservation.org. Grants are available to eligible museums
on a first-come, first-served basis until the postmark deadline of
December 1, 2004.
CAP's simple application process and supportive staff make it a good
opportunity for first-time grant seekers. Since many CAP applicants are
first-time grant seekers, the CAP staff is available to help you through
every step of the grant process. We would like all eligible museums to
benefit from this low cost, accessible program that can help preserve
collections.
For more information please contact Kate Marks (202-233-0831,
[log in to unmask]) or Evelyn Chester (202-233-0832,
[log in to unmask]).
Heritage Preservation
1012 14th Street, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005
202-233-0800
202-233-0807 (fax)
www.heritagepreservation.org
Kate Marks
Coordinator, Conservation Assessment Program
Heritage Preservation
1012 14th Street Nw, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005
202-233-0831
(f) 202-233-0807
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