> April 17, 2001***Press Release from the Federal Institute of Museum and > Library Services (IMLS)***(IMLS)Press Contacts: 202-606-8339, Eileen > Maxwell [log in to unmask] or Mamie Bittner [log in to unmask] > > $6 Million for Critical Conservation Work at Nation's Museums > Over $2 Million from Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services > > Washington, DC-Beverly Sheppard, on behalf of the federal Institute of > Museum and Library Services (IMLS), announced today the 73 recipients of > the 2001 Conservation Project Support grants. The grants totaled > $2,226,817 with recipients matching the awards with an additional > $4,692,106. IMLS received 169 applications for a wide range of critical > conservation projects, including treatment, training, research, and > surveys. Museums nationwide, large and small, of all types from art to > zoo, were funded. (List of recipients in your state follows at end of > press release. > > A diversity of projects, from the preservation of sculptures by > African-American folk artist Felix "Fox" Harris at the Art Museum of > Southeast Texas in Beaumont, to the conservation of Gilbert Stuart's > 1805-07 portrait paintings of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison at > Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine, to behavioral > observation of silverback gorillas at Zoo Atlanta in Georgia, will be > funded. > > "We are fortunate to live in a country which strives to preserve its > resources, cultural and natural," said Sheppard. "We must continue this > race against time so that the story of our heritage can be told in all it > richness and future generations will not experience the sorrow of lost > artifacts, vanished places, and extinct species. For these precious > cultural, aesthetic, and natural resources sustain us spiritually and > physically, and give continuity and meaning to our communities." > > A recent survey of conservation professionals found that IMLS support, > leadership, and advocacy has improved the quality of conservation. IMLS > is dedicated to the advancement of preventative conservation by funding > the application and dissemination of museums' conservation work. Seven of > today's recipients will receive additional awards to develop public > education programs and/or to disseminate professional practices associated > with their conservation project. Among them are the Riverside Municipal > Museum in California for general public workshops and exhibits on the > conservation of cultural and geological objects in their collection and > Manitoga in Garrison, NY to document and publish innovative conservation > techniques of Russell Wright's studio, the seminal 20th century American > industrial designer. > > Conservation Project Support grants are awarded through competitive peer > review and require, at least, a one-to-one match by the recipient. > Sixty-two conservation professionals evaluated the grant applications; > three panels of 19 professionals made the final funding recommendations. > The next deadline for Conservation Project Support grant applications is > October 15, 2001. To learn how to apply, click on > http://www.imls.gov/grants/museum/mus_cps.asp or telephone IMLS at > 202-606-8540 > > About the Institute of Museum and Library Service (IMLS) - IMLS is an > independent Federal agency that fosters leadership, innovation, and a > lifetime of learning by supporting the nation's 15,000 museums and 122,000 > libraries. Created by the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996, P.L. > 104-208, IMLS has an annual budget of $230 million. The Institute > receives policy advice from two Presidentially appointed, Senate confirmed > entities: the National Commission for Libraries and Information Science > and the National Museum Services Board. For more information, including > grant applications, contact IMLS at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, > Washington, D.C. 202-606-8536, www.imls.gov. > > Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery $2,443 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of forty-five important oil > paintings from the Museum's permanent collection, including works by > Frederick Warren Freer, Frank Duveneck, J. Frank Currier, J. Kelly > Fitzpatrick, and Anne Goldthwaite. Applicant Match: 3,815 > > Alaska, heldon Museum and Cultural Center > Haines 32,743 > To purchase compacting storage units to rehouse the Museum's library, > photograph, and audiovisual collections. > Applicant Match: 68,328 > > Valdez Museum and Historical Archive > Valdez 4,764 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of important local objects > including the Pinzon Bar, ca. 1912, installed in a bar in Old Valdez which > was a very popular gathering place; two stagecoaches from the early > 1900's; a lifeboat used to rescue passengers after the cruise ship > Prinsendam caught fire in Prince William Sound in 1980; the Perry, a > fishing boat built on Perry Island in 1939; and a snow removal machine > brought to Alaska in 1926 for the Wilkins Polar Expedition. > Applicant Match: 4,800. > > Arkansas > University Museum, University of Arkansas > Fayetteville 22,696 > To purchase closed metal cabinets, acid-free specimen trays and label > sleeves to rehouse the Museum's rock and mineral collection of > approximately 12,000 specimens. > Applicant Match: 22,904. > > California > Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens > Fort Bragg 30,899 > To map the Gardens' woody plant collections with BG-Map, an AutoCAD-based > mapping system that will enable creation of a computerized field > inventory, giving the Gardens the ability to sort and layer maps based on > any criteria in the database as well as a very powerful collections > documentation, management and interpretation tool. > Applicant Match: 42,323. > > Mendocino County Museum > Willits 10,671 > To produce full format duplicate negatives from 411 large format nitrate > and diacetate photographic negatives in the Bavo Collection, recorded by > professional photographer H.H. Wonacott between 1917 and 1947. These > negatives capture a quarter-century of local history on the Mendocino > Coast. > Applicant Match: 10,839. > > Oakland Museum of California > Oakland 50,000 > To treat five, large-scale, outdoor sculptures by noted California artists > of the 1970's and 1980's including: Mark Di Suvero, Jim Huntington, Peter > Forakis, Jan Evans, and Henry Rollins. > Applicant Match: 67,568. > > Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology > Berkeley 24,444 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of the Museum's audio, still and > moving image collections. Represented in the collection are American > subjects by Curtis, Watkins, Jackson, O'Sullivan, Hillers, Monson, and > Sharp, Californian ethnographic field photographs during fieldwork by > Kroeber, Waterman, and Gifford, and 451,534 running feet of film, the bulk > produced by the American Indian Film Project directed at the Museum by > anthropologist Samuel Barrett between 1957 and 1965. Applicant Match: > 39,365. > Riverside Municipal Museum > Riverside 39,005 > $34,570 to conduct detailed condition surveys of the Museum's collections > of ethnographic material, paintings, and diorama murals. An education > component to fund $4,435 for five workshops targeted at the general public > on the conservation of cultural and geological objects, and five temporary > exhibits that include museum objects illustrating principal agents of > deterioration. Applicant Match: 63,954. > > San Diego Natural History Museum > San Diego 50,000 > To purchase new steel cases to rehouse the Museum's entomology collection > that includes 980,000 pinned and labeled insects and 20,000 insects > preserved in ethanol. > Applicant Match: 60,193. > > Zoological Society of San Diego > San Diego 31,575 > To examine the ecology and reproductive biology of the Komodo monitor > lizard, establishing a database for the managers of the North American > captive population. This database will also help in the management of the > Komodo monitor in its natural setting. > Applicant Match: 151,858. > > Colorado > Colorado Historical Society > Denver 49,702 > To rehouse 14,000 artifacts illustrating Colorado's history and peoples, > including clothing accessories, toys, recreational items and personal > effects from temporary storage to permanent quarters, relocate and rehouse > 120 artifacts including tools, household furnishings, and three > horse-drawn vehicles from the Museum's satellite facilities, and improve > the individual housing of select paper items from the Books and > Manuscripts collection. > Applicant Match: 86,206. > > Denver Art Museum > Denver 38,120 > To survey, document, and rehouse the Museum's important collection of 160 > ecclesiastical vestments and textiles including a late 15th century > Spanish panel composed of six scenes representing events from the passion > of Christ, and an altar frontal composed of sumptuous pile-on-pile > brocaded velvet with pomegranate pattern. Applicant Match: 58,700. > > Denver Botanic Gardens > Denver 10,320 > To conduct a general conservation survey of the Garden's living and > non-living systematics plant collections. Applicant Match: 12,815. > > Connecticut > Fairfield Historical Society > Fairfield 10,880 > To purchase new storage cabinets and archival supplies to rehouse the > Society's collection of costume accessories, including a man's embroidered > pocketbook from 1769, militia chapeau produced in a local hatter's shop, > 18th century silk calashes, early 19th century straw bonnets, painted > leather slippers from 1800, silk damask and brocade shoes from the 1750's, > and early 19th century stamped and embroidered silk aprons. Applicant > Match: 41,292. > > Delaware > Winterthur > Winterthur 45,856 > To rehouse and provide conservation treatment for the Maxine Waldron > Collection of paper dolls, toys, games, and children's books in the > Winterthur Library. > Applicant Match: 54,432. > > Florida > Mel Fisher Martime Heritage Society > Key West 21,680 > To conduct a comprehensive environmental monitoring program and purchase > new metal shelving units to rehouse the Society's Faunal Collection. > Applicant Match: 34,183. > > Museum of Discovery and Science > Fort Lauderdale 50,000 > To design and install a state-of-the-art electronic monitoring system for > twelve aquariums and pools in the Museum's flagship exhibition "Florida > Ecoscapes," a 9,000 square foot immersive experience presenting Florida's > unique ecosystems and biological diversity. > Applicant Match: 74,474. > > Georgia > Zoo Atlanta > Atlanta 52,638 > $42,670 to study the behavior of male silverback gorillas currently living > in all-male groups at the Zoo to increase basic understanding of their > behavior and address applied issues surrounding their successful long-term > management. An education component to fund $9,968 to develop > a state-of-the-art video presentation to educate > the public about gorillas, develop video > interactives that allow the public to act as > scientists studying gorillas, and develop > general educational materials on all-male > groups for distribution with the interactive to > zoos participating in the study for use at their > institutions. Applicant Match: 58,047. > > Illinois > Morton Arboretum > Lisle 12,125 > To improve root growth and promote long-term health of the Arboretum's Oak > Collection by repairing a declining subsurface drainage system to allow > for drainage of excess water from the soil. Applicant Match: 16,975. > > Chicago Zoological Society > Brookfield 49,914 > To improve the efficacy of bird care for two avian taxa: tanagers and > Hawaiian honeycreepers, by testing the impact of artificial ultraviolet > light exposure on breeding success. Applicant Match: 74,755. > > Glessner House Museum > Chicago 8,280 > To conduct an environmental survey to plan for improvements to the > Museum's environment. The House is the former home of industrialists John > and Frances Glessner, and designed in 1886 by American architect Henry > Hobson Richardson. Applicant Match: 8,291. > > Illinois State Museum > Springfield 46,016 > To purchase new museum storage cabinets and supplies to rehouse the > Museum's collection of about 30,000 freshwater bivalves. > Applicant Match: 87,855. > > Oriental Institute Museum > Chicago 50,000 > To purchase storage cabinets and archival packing materials to rehouse a > portion of the Museum's ancient Egyptian pottery collection. Applicant > Match: 53,636. > > Kentucky > Locust Grove Historic Home > Louisville 4,148 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of 30 high priority objects > including a 1761 Clark family teapot by silversmith Samuel Wheat, a pair > of early 19th century leather globes, a circa. 1820 surveyor's brass > circumferentor by Richard Patten, a primitive bee box, and a commemorative > sword presented to General George Rogers Clark in 1812. Also, a training > workshop on the care of three-dimensional objects will be presented to all > museum staff. > Applicant Match: 4,148. > > Speed Art Museum > Louisville 29,139 > $19,139 to conduct a technical paint analysis on a richly detailed plaster > mantel from an important 17th century English paneled room. Also, related > architectural and documentary research will be conducted. An education > component to fund $10,000 to publish a booklet for public distribution > that documents the findings of the technical analysis and research. > Applicant Match: 35,182. > > Maine > Bowdoin College Museum of Art > Brunswick 6,662 > To treat two icons of American history and portraiture, Gilbert Stuart's > Portrait of Thomas Jefferson (1805-07) and Portrait of James Madison > (1805-07). Applicant Match: 6,662. > > Portland Museum of Art > Portland 18,581 > To treat six important paintings by Charles Codman (1800-1842), together > with four of the paintings' period frames. > Applicant Match: 18,581. > > Maryland > Thrasher Carriage Museum > Cumberland 12,689 > To improve environmental conditions within the Museum building, a 7,000 > foot square two-story late 19th century structure, by caulking windows and > doors and inserting foam backer rods to prevent unconditioned air and dirt > from entering; designing and implementing an integrated pest management > plan, installing UV-absorbing filtration on all windows, and monitoring > climatic conditions to identify needed HVAC system improvements. > Applicant Match: 12,689. > > Massachusetts > Arnold Arboretum > Jamaica Plain 48,975 > To enter label information of 26,974 existing voucher specimens into > BG-Base, the Arboretum's computerized living collections database. Also, > to conduct voucher specimen identification, preparation and data entry. > This will allow the Arboretum to integrate the living collections database > with the voucher specimen database. This integration will facilitate the > rapid retrieval of information from the herbarium and the efficient > collection of voucher specimens from the grounds. > Applicant Match: 75,968. > > Ipswich Historical Society > Ipswich 3,065 > To purchase environmental monitoring equipment to assess the temperature > and relative humidity within the 19th century Heard House, former home of > merchant John Heard. Also, to purchase 54 light-blocking window shades > and implement a monitoring program. > Applicant Match: 5,719. > > Mount Holyoke College Art Museum > South Hadley 50,000 > To purchase new storage cabinets and screens to rehouse the Museum's > collection of small-scale three-dimensional objects including Egyptian, > Greek and Roman ceramics; Asian netsuke, snuff bottles, ceramics, bronzes, > and lacquer wares; Pre-Columbian ceramics and sculpture; ancient, > Renaissance and modern coins and medals, and European and American > decorative arts. Applicant Match: 82,957. > > Museum of Fine Arts > Boston 33,305 > To conduct a storage assessment of approximately 3,200 three-dimensional > costume accessories in the Museum's collection of Textiles and Fashion > Arts, and to design prototype storage mounts for their rehousing. > Applicant Match: 93,144. > Michigan > Detroit Institute of Arts > Detroit 48,648 > To purchase new powder-coated roll storage cabinets to rehouse the > Museum's collection of important Coptic, Seljuk, Safavid, Islamic, > Hispano-Moresque, European, Indian, Native American, Japanese, Chinese and > African textiles. Applicant Match: 83,943. > > Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village > Dearborn 50,000 > To assess and rehouse 28,000 of the 54,000 fire-damaged nitrate-and > acetate-film-based photonegatives in the Ford Motor Company archival > collections in the Museum's archives. > Photographed and collected between 1903 and 1950, the negatives in this > collection are the central photographic records of the company and a vital > resource for historians and museum programs. Applicant Match: 70,061. > > Kresge Art Museum > East Lansing 42,465 > To install a new compact rack system that will provide additional space > for painting storage for the Museum's collection of 380 paintings from the > 14th through the 21st centuries. > Applicant Match: 42,465. > > Minnesota > Science Museum of Minnesota > St. Paul 53,915 > $43,940 to purchase two Elecompack compactor bases and 16 Delta Design > herbarium cabinets to house more than 5,000 herbarium sheets and the > duplicate materials. An education component to fund $9,975 for the > production of two-to-three small table-top exhibits, supporting videos and > a web page that will show what causes the deterioration of the new moss > collection. Applicant Match: 73,709. > > Missouri > Museum of Art and Archaeology > Columbia 20,860 > To purchase materials and equipment for environmental improvements; > rehouse the Museum's collection of ancient metal objects and > archaeological shards and lamps from the ancient Mediterranean in new > metal cabinets; and rehouse the non-ceramic archaeological objects from > Israel in appropriate padded bags, boxes, and trays. Applicant Match: > 20,969. > > Nebraska > Nebraska State Historical Society > Lincoln 39,375 > $35,006 to purchase new storage equipment and materials to rehouse the > Society's archaeological records collection, consisting of archaeological > site files and oversized maps. An education component to fund $4,369 for > the development and public distribution of a booklet highlighting the > importance and care of archaeological records collections. The booklet > will provide the basic information necessary for proper archaeological > document handling and storage. Applicant Match: 52,330. > > New Hampshire > Belknap Mill Society > Laconia 50,000 > To conserve the exterior masonry of the 1823 Mill by conducting selective > repointing. Much of the original mortar will be retained, new mortar will > match historic mortar joints, and missing and damaged bricks along the > lower courses will be replaced with replica bricks. > Applicant Match: 141,745. > > Canterbury Shaker Village > Canterbury 31,734 > To treat the original woodwork in the Village's 1793 Dwelling House, one > of the most significant of its twenty-five original Shaker buildings. > Applicant Match: 33,957. > > New Jersey > Newark Museum Association > Newark 22,425 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of selected African wood > sculptures, utilitarian objects, bead ornaments, musical instruments, and > ritual and entertainment masks. > Applicant Match: 32,966. > > Noyes Museum of Art > Oceanville 7,579 > To purchase environmental monitoring equipment and conservation supplies > necessary to assess the light, humidity and temperature conditions in the > Museum's storage vaults and galleries. Applicant Match: 7,579. > > New Mexico > Millicent Rogers Museum > Taos 41,582 > To purchase new powder-coated steel cabinets and compact, rolling art > screens to rehouse two at-risk collections: Hispanic religious wood > carvings (bultos) and Hispanic religious paintings on wood (retablos); and > > two-dimensional art works (paintings in all media). Applicant Match: > $55,075. > > New York > American Museum of Natural History > New York 49,999 > To treat and rehouse 660 African barkcloth objects from the Museum's > ethnology collections. Applicant Match: 53,332. > > Brooklyn Museum of Art > Brooklyn 50,000 > To purchase and install compact and custom shelving to improve housing for > the Museum's two distinguished research libraries, the Art Reference > Library and Wilbour Library of Egyptology. Applicant Match: 304,450. > > Genesee Country Village and Museum > Mumford 34,074 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of the Museum's collection of > paintings that include many portraits of local residents, a premier > collection of sporting and wildlife art, and art of the American Southwest > dating from the 1600's through the 1990's. Applicant Match: 37,146. > > Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art > Ithaca 29,560 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of the Museum's collection of 620 > East Asian paintings and calligraphy, and a Chinese album of paintings > held by the Rare and Manuscript Collections of Cornell's Carl A. Kroch > Library for Asian Studies. Applicant Match: 30,541. > > Manitoga > Garrison 53,373 > $48,769 to repair the roof and deteriorated elements of the studio of > Russel Wright (1904-1976), one of the most influential American industrial > designers of the 20th century. An education component to fund $4,604 for > a seminar on "Restoring Russel Wright's mid-20th century modernist studio > roof and related deterioration in the context of conserving 20th century > modernist structures." Up to $10,000 in addition to document and > disseminate information on the innovative conservation techniques and > methodology used. > Applicant Match: 53,375. > > Olana State Historic Site > Hudson 22,445 > To hire a half-time conservation technician for one year to rehouse 1,800 > works of art on paper, including 400 graphite drawings by Frederic Edwin > Church, 300 drawings by Camille Pissarro and Fritz Melbye, and 250 oil > sketches by all three artists. Applicant Match: 40,412. > > Strong Museum > Rochester 48,202 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of 4,500 toys from the Museum's > unrivaled collection of late 19th to early 20th century American and > European playthings including wagons and cars, ships, trains, airplanes, > banks and many early clockwork pieces. Applicant Match: 48,415. > > Whitney Museum of American Art > New York 50,000 > To create a climate-controlled cold storage vault to house and preserve > the Museum's existing photography collection and film and video > collections, and to create a preparation and viewing room for preparatory > work for storage and display. Applicant Match: 579,133. > > North Carolina > Ackland Art Museum > Chapel Hill 26,000 > To treat a Japanese painted screen dating from the 15th century. The > screen is a painting in ink and color on paper that is attributed to > Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506), the most celebrated Japanese Zen artist of the > Ashikaga period (1392-1573). > Applicant Match: 39,520. > > Duke University Museum of Art > Durham 15,261 > To conduct a general conservation survey of the Museum's collections and > establish a long-range conservation plan. > Applicant Match: 15,998. > > Ohio > Canton Museum of Art > Canton 6,305 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of the Museum's 237 oil and acrylic > paintings including works by Beechy, Diaz, Fantin-Latour, Gerome, > Jordeans, Vanheyden, Beal, Bellows, Brush, Cox, Duveneck, Greene, > Glackens, Moran, Pearlstein, Stuart, and Zorach. > Applicant Match: 6,305. > > Pennsylvania > Academy of Natural Sciences > Philadelphia 46,896 > To purchase 25 new metal cabinets and associated metal trays to rehouse > the Museum's ornithology collection that includes 189,400 study skins > representing nearly 8,000 of the world's known 10,000 species of birds. > Applicant Match: 69,797. > > Carnegie Museum of Art > Pittsburgh 50,000 > To re-mat a large and significant collection of Japanese prints that are > currently adhered to their mats with tapes or dabs of adhesive. Rehousing > is necessary to arrest their deterioration from contact with damaging > materials and to make them safely available for exhibition and study. > Applicant Match: 131,974. > > Chester County Historical Society > West Chester 20,891 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of the Society's collection of > wooden trade signs, and purchase storage equipment and supplies to > properly rehouse the collection. > Applicant Match: 20,891. > > Landis Valley Museum > Lancaster 49,374 > To rehouse and relocate 40,000 objects to permanent locations in the new > climate-controlled Landis Collections Gallery. Objects include: firearms, > works on paper, tools, implements, early engines and plows, saddlery and > other leather, textiles, spinning and weaving equipment, transportation > artifacts, baskets and wooden ware, glass and ceramics, gravestones, toys > and games, tin and iron, trade signs, folk art, medical and veterinary > instruments, musical instruments, and furniture. > Applicant Match: 461,626. > > Philadelphia Museum of Art > Philadelphia 28,830 > To purchase and install new storage cases and racks for the Museum's > collection of delicate archaeological stuccoes from sites at Rayy and Chal > Tarkhan, both near present-day Teheran, Iran, excavated in 1931, and 350 > pieces of Japanese metalwork including Japanese swords, sword fittings, > helmets and war masks. Applicant Match: 44,804. > > Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania > Strasburg 49,150 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of the Museum's 94-piece collection > of historic locomotives and railcars including 22 steam engines, six > electric locomotives, six diesel-electric locomotives, one gasoline > switcher, six self-propelled passenger cars, 21 passenger cars, 21 freight > cars and 11 maintenance of way/non-revenue cars. Applicant Match: > 107,821. > > Tennessee > Clarksville-Montgomery County Museum > Clarksville 21,311 > To purchase eight storage cabinets to rehouse the Museum's 5,000 small > three-dimensional object collection including chemistry, medical, and > dental equipment; toys and games; kitchen implements; photography > equipment; china; weapons and military objects; film, sound, and print > equipment; containers; personal items; and geological and archaeological > specimens. Also, to purchase two hygrothermographs to assist in > monitoring and regulating the storage environment. Applicant Match: > 51,646. > > James K. Polk Ancestral Home > Columbia 1,960 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of the Home's 63 object textile > collection including material culture, costumes and costume accessories, > and political material culture that belonged to either President and Mrs. > Polk or helps tell the story of the 11th President. > Applicant Match: 1,960. > > Texas > Art Museum of Southeast Texas > Beaumont 8,911 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of 120 visionary folk art > sculptures created by African-American artist, Felix "Fox" Harris. > Applicant Match: 12,475. > > Fulton Mansion State Historical Park > Fulton 3,000 > To purchase and install a rolled textile storage system to properly and > effectively store the Mansion's textile collection including doilies, > tablecloths, bedding, original Fulton lace, towels, quilts, mantle > lambrequins, and chair covers. Also, to purchase three hygrothermographs > to record and measure temperature and relative humidity to identify > problems with the Mansion's environment. Applicant Match: 3,000. > > Scurry County Museum > Snyder 10,460 > To purchase new metal shelving to properly rehouse 1,767 objects from the > Museum's collection, including apparel, housekeeping and household > accessories, bedding, packages and containers, recreation, and books and > papers. Also, to conduct a workshop on rehousing museum artifacts for > in-house staff and museum staff from other area museums. > Applicant Match: 11,961. > > Vermont > Shelburne Museum > Shelburne 33,900 > To create a one-year Advanced Conservation Internship in objects > conservation of the Museum's doll collection. Also, to treat selected > dolls from the Museum's collection in preparation for their reinstallation > in the renovated Variety Unit, one of the Museum's oldest buildings, in > early 2003. > Applicant Match: 44,616. > > Virginia > Art Museum of Western Virginia > Roanoke 9,727 > To conduct a detailed condition survey of about 250 items in the Museum's > Japanese print collection. Applicant Match: 22,542. > > Mariner's Museum > Newport News 6,428 > To purchase new powder-coated steel cabinets and conservation supplies to > rehouse the Museum's collection of 1290 maps (pre-1900). The maps are > important primary resource materials for the study of 16th-19th centuries, > providing graphic documentation of the era's tremendous growth in > knowledge of the world and political struggles to dominate the known > world. Applicant Match: 7,806. > > Wisconsin > Chippewa Valley Museum > Eau Claire 50,000 > To purchase new storage cabinets to rehouse a substantial portion of the > Museum's artifact collection including over 1,000 objects relating to > farming and farm life; the Gillette/Uniroyal Collection of tires, horse > collars, ice cream shippers, manufacturing tools and equipment, work > clothing and union materials; and the Schlegelmilch Collection of four > generations of German immigrant material. Also, to build 102 custom > mounts for large artifacts and oddly shaped tools and oxygen-free > containers for 26 rubber artifacts. Applicant Match: 240,749. > > Elvejhem Museum of Art > Madison 33,915 > To treat ten Old Master paintings from the Museum's permanent collection > including works by Giorgio Vasari, Gaspard Dughet, Hubert Robert, > Claude-Joseph Vernet, and Sir William Beechey. Applicant Match: 34,025. > > Milwaukee Public Museum > Milwaukee 32,112 > To conduct an environmental survey of the entire Museum in which are > housed over 6.1 million specimens relating to human and natural history. > Applicant Match: 32,669. > > Oshkosh Public Museum > Oshkosh 24,815 > $21,485 to conduct a detailed condition survey of the Museum's 300 piece > furniture collection as well as its 19th century firefighting vehicles. > An education component to fund $3,330 for the design of a full color > publication for the general public to improve their awareness of the > importance of conservation and preservation activities. Applicant Match: > 35,660. > > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . 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