American Heritage Preservation Grants:
Funding Available from IMLS and Bank of America
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) can help
you apply for a preservation grant available from the Institute of
Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Bank of America Charitable
Foundation for your institution's paper-based collections.
American Heritage Preservation Grants will be awarded in amounts up to
$3,000 to assist in the preservation of endangered and fragile American
art works, rare books, scientific specimens, and historical documents
(photographs, maps, deeds, etc.). Objects should be of significance
within the heritage of the community. Targeted to meet the needs of
small to medium size organizations, these grants are available to fully
fund projects in three areas: treatment of library, museum or archival
collections; improvement of collections storage; and environmental
improvement of collections.
Within the $3,000 grant limit, CCAHA can provide:
* Conservation treatment to stabilize one or more paper-based or
photographic item in your collection.
* Rebinding and repair of one or more historically significant
books.
* Rematting and reframing of paper-based or photographic items.
* Mounting or remounting paper-based or photographic objects for
display.
* Training of staff for rehousing projects.
* Assistance in purchasing appropriate environmental monitoring
equipment.
Applications must be submitted by September 15, 2009. The official IMLS
guidelines can be found at:
http://www.imls.gov/collections/grants/boa.htm
Because the applications must be submitted through www.grants.gov
<http://www.grants.gov/> , any interested organization that has not
registered with www.grants.gov <http://www.grants.gov/> should allow
at least two weeks to complete the multi-step registration process. For
specific questions regarding eligibility and the IMLS application
process, contact Christine Henry, Senior Program Officer, IMLS, at
202-653-4674 or [log in to unmask] for museums, and Kevin Cherry, Senior
Program Officer, IMLS, at 202-653-4662 or [log in to unmask] for
libraries and archives.
Whenever possible, CCAHA offers free grant application support for your
paper-based collections preservation, including project planning and
grant review, as well as letters of support/commitment. Contact Lee
Price, Director of Development, CCAHA, 215-545-0613 or [log in to unmask]
for guidance.
CCAHA specializes in the conservation treatment of photographic
materials and works of art and artifacts on paper, such as drawings,
prints, maps, posters, historic wallpaper, rare books, scrapbooks and
manuscripts, as well as related materials such as parchment and papyrus.
Kim Andrews
Preservation Services Officer
CONSERVATION CENTER for Art and Historic Artifacts
264 S. 23rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-545-0613 (phone)
215-735-9313 (fax) <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <http://www.ccaha.org/>
www.ccaha.org <http://www.ccaha.org/>
Are you a member institution of the Conservation Center? Click here
<http://www.ccaha.org/index.php/support/member> to become a member and
take advantage of our great member benefits!
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