American Heritage Preservation
Grants:
Funding Available from IMLS and Bank
of America
The Conservation
Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (
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rare books, scientific specimens, and historical documents (photographs, maps,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,
·
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, any interested organization
that has not registered with 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,
Kim Andrews
Preservation Services Officer
215-545-0613 (phone)
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