Conservation Project Support Program
Note to applicants: The FY 2013 Museums for America program now incorporates proposals previously solicited through the Conservation Project Support program. Read FAQ on FY13 museum program changes. (PDF, 224 KB)
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Conservation Project Support program content on the IMLS Web site:
December 19, 2012 11:20 AM
Two recent conservation graduates assembled and oversaw a large cadre of volunteers, work-study students, and pre-program interns to survey, relocate, and create customized storage solutions for a 3,600 object collection. They also treated 60 of the artifacts and created a 10,000-image online database for use by researchers near and far.
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December 19, 2012 11:17 AM
The Frick Collection stabilized a beloved carpet that had been on display for nearly one hundred years with the help of IMLS funding.
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December 11, 2012 02:21 PM
With support from IMLS, the Detroit Institute of Arts upgraded storage for its American decorative arts and sculpture collections dating from the beginning of the European settlements until 1950.
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December 11, 2012 02:15 PM
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is rehousing beautiful, ancient fossil leaf specimens from Denver Basin excavations to protect them from physical and water damage.
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December 4, 2012 03:12 PM
Artifacts from a 1618 Virginia settlement receive conservation treatment for the second time since their discovery in 1976.
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