***  MEDIA ALERT ***



News  Conference:  The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of
America's Collections




Tuesday, December 6th,  9 a.m - 10:30 a.m.


The New York Public Library, 

Margaret Liebman Berger Forum, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York
(entrance on 42nd Street)




The first comprehensive report on the condition of publicly held
collections across the nation will be released by Heritage Preservation
and the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Discussed will be the growing disparity in resources for collections
care between the nation's mega art museums and those of research
libraries, regional archives, and historical societies;  the pervasive
lack of emergency planning nationwide; and other findings. 

A Public Trust at Risk has been undertaken with support from the IMLS,
The Getty Foundation, The Henry Luce Foundation, The Samuel H. Kress
Foundation, The Bay and Paul Foundations, The Peck Stacpoole Foundation,
and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.




Speakers                  Marjorie Gowdy, director, Ohr-O'Keefe Museum,
Biloxi, Mississippi, special guest

                                Lawrence Reger, President, Heritage
Preservation

                                Mary Chute, Acting Director, Institute
of Museum and Library Services

                               Debra Hess Norris, Chair, Heritage
Preservation and Chair and Professor, Art Conservation Program,
University of Delaware/Winterthur

                                David Ferriero,  Andrew W. Mellon
Director and Chief Executive,  The Research Libraries, The New York
Public Library




To Attend                Please respond to Anne Edgar at (646) 336-7230
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