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April 2006 Conservation Project Support
Grant Announcement
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Virginia | Wisconsin
Arizona
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block - Tucson, AZ
Award Amount: $66,001; Applicant Match: $82,955
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Ms. Susan Dolan
Collections Manager/Registrar
(520)624-2333x124; SDolan@TucsonMuseumofArt.org
140 North Main Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701-8218 Project Title: "Conservation Project Support"
The Tucson Museum of Art and History will purchase and install new storage furniture in which to properly rehouse the museum's collections, which include the Boeckman Collection of Mexican Folk Art and a collection of masks, pre-Columbian textiles, framed works on paper, regional sculpture, and a 50-piece furniture collection including ten 16th to 19th century trunks, two of which belonged to Clara Fish, one of the original inhabitants of the museum's historic 1867 Fish House.
California
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - San Francisco, CA
Award Amount: $18,431; Applicant Match: $22,179
Grant Category: Survey of collections Contact: Ms. Debra Evans
Head of Paper Conservation
(415)750-7661; devans@famsf.org
233 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94108-5003 Project Title: "Detailed Conservation Survey of the Photography Collection"
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will conduct a detailed condition survey of the its 2,700-piece photography collection, dating from the beginnings of photography to the 21st century and including a variety of techniques, from early daguerreotypes and ambrotypes through albumen and gelatin silver prints to contemporary color processes and digital prints.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - San Fransisco, CA
Award Amount: $55,000; Applicant Match: $72,000
Grant Category: Training in conservation Contact: Jill Sterrett
Director of Collections and Conservation
(415)357-4053; jsterrett@sfmoma.org
151 3rd. Street
San Fransisco, CA 94103-3107 Project Title: "Advanced Fellowship in the Conservation of Contemporary Art"
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will train a postgraduate conservator in all professional conservation standards relating to research, treatment, surveys, exhibition, acquisition, storage, and loan of contemporary art.
Colorado
Denver Art Museum - Denver, CO
Award Amount: $149,854; Applicant Match: $322,788
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Mr. Charles Patterson
Director of Conservation
(720)865-5029; cpatterson@denverartmuseum.org
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204-2749 Project Title: "Denver Art Museum Collections Move and Rehousing"
The Denver Art Museum will use its grant to purchase and install new storage equipment in which to properly rehouse more than 22,000 items from the museum's permanent collection, including African and Oceanic objects, modern and contemporary art, American western art, and assorted paper collections.
Colorado Museum of Natural History - Denver, CO
Award Amount: $140,144; Applicant Match: $143,070
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Ms. Jude Southward
Museum Conservator
(303)370-6496; jude.southward@dmns.org
2001 Colorado Boulevard
Denver, CO 80205-5732 Project Title: "Environmental Improvements for Taxidermy Bird Mounts"
The Colorado Museum of Naural History will purchase and install new closed storage cabinets in which to properly rehouse 930 taxidermy bird mounts. The mounts are currently overcrowded in open shelving, unstable, and at risk from pests, unnecessary light, and contaminants. Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College - Durango, CO
Award Amount: $36,011; Applicant Match: $36,221
Grant Category: Survey of collections Contact: Ms. Jeanne Brako
Interim Director
(970)247-7494; brako_j@fortlewis.edu
1000 Rim Drive
CSWS
Durango, CO 81301-3911 Project Title: "Survey of Paintings, Prints and Drawings, and Photographs"
The grant will be used to conduct detailed condition surveys of the museum's paintings, prints and drawings, and photograph collections. The painting collection includes historical and contemporary works with a strong emphasis on Native American artists. The prints and drawings collection is also focused on southwestern themes, including a number of women artists such as watercolorist Laurel Vogel and printmaker Virginia A. Stroud. The photography collection includes the works of William Henry Jackson, Ansel Hall, Pennington Studios, Dr. B.J. Ochsner, and Milton Snow.
Connecticut
Connecticut Historical Society - Hartford, CT
Award Amount: $46,486; Applicant Match: $53,986
Grant Category: Treatment of collections Contact: Dr. Nancy Finlay
(860)236-5621x236; nancy_finlay@chs.org
1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105-2213 Project Title: "Treatment of Silhouette Collection"
The Connecticut Historical Society will treat 90 silhouettes from the late 18th century through the mid-19th century. The silhouettes were either created by identified Connecticut artists, represent Connecticut subjects, or both. The work of well-known artists such as Amos Doolittle and Augustin Edouart is represented, along with lesser known but equally important artists such as African Americans Peter Choice and William Henry Brown. Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University - New Haven, CT
Award Amount: $147,448; Applicant Match: $165,764
Grant Category: Treatment of collections Contact: Dr. Roger Colten
Collections Manager, Anthropology
(203)432-3774; roger.colten@yale.edu
155 Whitney Avenue - Rm 214
P.O. Box 208337
New Haven, CT 06520-8337 Project Title: "Rehousing Carribean Archaeology at the Yale Peabody Museum"
The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University will purchase and install new storage cabinets and packing supplies in which to rehouse the museum's large and important Caribbean archaeological collections, including ceramic shards; stone, bone, and shell artifacts, and unmodified faunal remains.
Slater Memorial Museum - Norwich, CT
Award Amount: $11,834; Applicant Match: $12,770
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Ms. Vivian Zoe
Director of the Slater Memorial Museum
(860)425-5560; zoev@norwichfreeacademy.com
108 Crescent Street
Norwich, CT 06360-3556 Project Title: "Install UV Film & Light Filtering Shades to Reduce Further Collection Deterioration"
The Slater Memorial Museum will fabricate and install ultraviolet-blocking film and light-filtering shades on all of the museum's gallery and storage windows to reduce further deterioration of its nearly 5,000-piece collection, which includes plaster casts, sculptures, paintings, works on paper, furniture, decorative arts, textiles, ethnographic objects, and weapons.
Florida
Gifford Arboretum, University of Miami - Coral Gables, FL
Award Amount: $11,593; Applicant Match: $13,120
Grant Category: Survey of collections Contact: Dr. Carol Horvitz
Director
(305)284-5364; carolhorvitz@miami.edu
1204 Dickenson Drive
Bldg 37A
Coral Gables, FL 33146-5215 Project Title: "Conservation needs created by 2005 Hurricane Season at the Gifford Arboretum"
To conduct a detailed condition survey of the specimens in the Tropical Plant Families Collection, the Native Collection, and the Microbiome Collection of the arboretum following damage from a series of hurricanes that affected the region in 2005. Also, to conduct a training workshop that will use the survey results to improve hurricane preparedness and response in the future.
Illinois
Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens - Chicago, IL
Award Amount: $47,201; Applicant Match: $119,120
Grant Category: Exceptional Contact: Dr. Steven Thompson
VP Conservation & Science
(312)742-7765; sthompson@lpzoo.org
2001 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60614-4712 Project Title: "ZooRisk"
This grant will be used to enhance "ZooRisk" risk assessment software, which provides quantitative information that allows managers to understand and reduce risk of extinction or undesirable population changes. This project will enhance "ZooRisk" with new or refined genetic, demographic, and management approaches and will improve program features. These enhancements will ensure better scientific guidance for management decisions. Morton Arboretum - Lisle, IL
Award Amount: $150,000; Applicant Match: $243,148
Grant Category: Survey of collections Contact: Mr. Kurt Dreisilker
Manager of Natural Resources
(630)719-2093; kdreisilker@mortonarb.org
4100 Illinois Route 53
Lisle, IL 60532-1288 Project Title: "Conservation Evaluation and Planning for Diverse Natural Areas"
The Morton Arboretum will conduct an environmental survey of the arboretum's 700 acres of wooded natural areas and adjacent leased property to establish critical baseline information. Also, to elicit patterns of land use histories throughout the natural areas and to associate them with successional changes to the vegetation.
Kentucky
Maysville and Mason County Library, Historical and Scientific Association -
Award Amount: $104,209; Applicant Match: $110,006
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Miss Sue Ellen Grannis
Curator
(606)563-5865x000; curator@masoncountymuseum.org
215 Sutton St.
Maysville, KY 41056-1109 Project Title: "Rehousing Museum Collections"
The Maysville and Mason County Library, Historical and Scientific Association will purchase and install new storage equipment in which to properly rehouse the association's Museum Center's objects and paper-based collections, which are used to interpret the social and cultural heritage of a seven-county area in one of the earliest settlement areas of the Ohio River Valley.
Louisiana
Longue Vue House and Gardens - New Orleans, LA
Award Amount: $49,286; Applicant Match: $54,791
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Lydia Schmalz
(504)621-5563; ischmalz@longuevue.com
7 Bamboo Road
New Orleans, LA 70124-1007
Project Title: "Longue Vue Environmental
Monitoring Project"
To conduct an environmental survey of the Main House and
its adjacent dependencies. This will include environmental
monitoring, staff training, analysis, and development
of strategies for improving interior environmental conditions.
The basement areas under the Main House and dependencies
received 15 feet of flooding from Hurricane Katrina, which
resulted in the loss of major components of the mechanical
and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems
that controlled the zones that contain the most significant
rooms and collections.
New Orleans Museum of Art - New Orleans, LA
Award Amount: $150,000; Applicant Match: $160,000
Grant Category: Survey of collections Contact: Ms. Lisa Rotondo-McCord
Curator, Asian Art
(504)669-0141; lrotondomccord@yahoo.com
P.O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70179-0123 Project Title: "NOMA Post-Katrina Art Storage Assessment & Relocation Project"
To conduct a detailed condition survey of 30,000 objects
in the museum's primary art storage area. Also, to relocate
and rehouse these objects in an improved environment within
the institution. The current storage area was contaminated
by groundwater from Hurricane Katrina and exposed to excessive
humidity, temperatures, and mold.
Maine
L.C. Bates Museum - Hinckley, ME
Award Amount: $21,495; Applicant Match: $25,498
Grant Category: Treatment of collections Contact: Ms. Deborah Staber
Director
(207)238-4250; lcbates@gwh.org
P.O. Box 159
Hinckley, ME 04944-0159 Project Title: "Preservation Treatment of Four Historic Charles D. Hubbard Mammal Dioramas"
The L.C. Bates Museum will use $20,037 to conserve four early 20th-century mammal dioramas that represent an earlier method of American museum presentation and are unique because they are painted in the impressionistic style. The remainder will be used to develop new public interpretive diorama materials and programs, and a workshop that will model the new interpretive methods used for historic exhibits.
Maryland
Historic St. Mary's City - Saint Mary's City, MD
Award Amount: $151,000; Applicant Match: $165,549
Grant Category: Treatment of collections Contact: Mr. Silas Hurry
(240)895-4973; sdhurry@smcm.edu
P.O. Box 39
Saint Mary's City, MD 20686-0039
Project Title: "Conservation Treatment of
Selected Archaeological Artifacts From St. Mary's City"
Historic St. Mary's City will use $141,000 to treat 1,239
archaeological artifacts from three sites, including metal
objects and a collection of unstable glass. One of these
sites, St. John's, was built in 1638 as the home of the
first colonial secretary and served as the residence of
Charles Calvert, governor of the colony and eventually
the third Lord Baltimore. The remaining $10,000 will fund
the creation of a series of Web-based interactive exhibits
that explain how conservation treatments are chosen and
executed.
Massachusetts
Nichols House Museum - Boston, MA
Award Amount: $58,671; Applicant Match: $70,804
Grant Category: Treatment of collections Contact: Ms. Flavia Cigliano
Executive Director
(617)227-6993; nhm@earthlink.net
55 Mount Vernon Street
Boston, MA 02108-1330 Project Title: "Conserving a Beacon Hill Legacy: The Wooden Furnishings of the Nichols House"
The Nichols House Museum will use its grant to treat 25 17th to 19th century pieces of wooden furniture in the museum's permanent collection, once owned by the Nichols family. Seventeen of the pieces are American, five are from Europe, and three are from China or Japan, with several considered rare and attributed to well-known furniture makers Thomas Seymour, Elnathan Taber, and Isaac Vose.
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College - Wellesley, MA
Award Amount: $51,360; Applicant Match: $52,146
Grant Category: Treatment of collections Contact: Mr. John Rossetti
Museum Preparator, Collection Care Specialist
(781)283-2067; jrosett@wellesly.edu
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481-8203 Project Title: "2006 IMLS Conservation Support Grant of Print and Drawings"
The Davis Museum will treat 116 prints and drawings from the museum's more than 5,000-piece prints and drawings collection. Works represent Western and non-Western cultures and feature material from the 15th to the 21st century in a full range of printmaking techniques, including relief, intaglio, and planographic, as well as various drawing techniques. the museum will also purchase conservation materials and supplies in which to properly rehouse these materials.
Michigan
Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
Award Amount: $12,247; Applicant Match: $27,859
Grant Category: Survey of collections Contact: Dr. Carla Sinopoli
Director
(734)764-0485; sinopoli@umich.edu
1109 Geddes Avenue,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 Project Title: "Museum of Anthropology General Conservation Survey"
The Museum of Anthropology at the University of Michigan will conduct a general conservation survey of the museum's collections to identify collection needs and recommend goals and priorities for the long-term protection of the museum's collections. The collection includes over three million archaeological, ethnographic, and comparative objects originating from around the world and dating from the Lower Paleolithic through the present.
Detroit Institute of Arts - Detroit, MI
Award Amount: $75,000; Applicant Match: $97,276
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Ms. Barbara Heller
Conservator
(313)833-7834; bheller@dia.org
5200 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202-4008 Project Title: "Graphic Arts Storage III"
The Detroit Institute will purchase and install new shelving and storage cabinets in which to properly rehouse 4,500 pieces from the its graphic arts collection, including prints, drawings, and photographs from the 15th through the 21st century. Michigan State University Museum - East Lansing, MI
Award Amount: $81,755; Applicant Match: $85,249
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Ms. Laura Abraczinskas
Collections Manager
(517)355-1290; abraczi1@msu.edu
301 Administration Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1023 Project Title: "Support for Rehousing the MSU Museum Mammal Collection (Phase1)"
The Michigan State University Museum will use $75,934 to purchase and install new storage cabinets and archival materials to properly rehouse 8,413 mammal specimens, including study skins and skeletal materials representing 14 orders. Many of these materials are rare, threatened, or endangered. $5,821 to mount a temporary exhibit to highlight the mammal conservation project and increase public awareness of collections preservation activities.
Missouri
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Kansas City, MO
Award Amount: $9,021; Applicant Match: $18,034
Grant Category: Treatment of collections Contact: Ms. Kathleen Garland
Conservation Associate, Objects
(816)751-1253; kgarland@nelson-atkins.org
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1818 Project Title: "Conservation and reinstallation of Tom's Cubicle (1967) by Alexander Calder"
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will use its grant to treat the Alexander Calder sculpture "Tom's Cubicle" (1967), a stationary abstract construction made of black painted steel. It is the largest and only outdoor sculpture by Calder in the museum's collection, and was named in honor of Tom Messer, then director of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, where it was first exhibited.
New Hampshire
Canterbury Shaker Village - Canterbury, NH
Award Amount: $2,369; Applicant Match: $2,589
Grant Category: Treatment of collections Contact: Jennifer Carroll-Plante
Curator of Collections
(603)783-9511x241; jcplante@shakers.org
288 Shaker Road
Canterbury, NH 03224-2728 Project Title: "Preservation of Audiovisual Materials"
Canterbury Shaker Village will use the grant to purchase appropriate archival supplies in which to properly rehouse the village's audiotape open reel and audiocassette collection, resulting in a well-ordered, clean, and safe storage environment for the audiovisual collection. The grant will also be used to purchase a refrigerator in which to safely store the most sensitive audiovisual items, such as color film. The magnetic media collection provides the only record of its kind of the daily life of the last Canterbury Shakers.
Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH
Award Amount: $9,000; Applicant Match: $9,600
Grant Category: Treatment of collections Contact: Mr. P. Spahr
Chief Curator
(603)669-6144x114; paspahr@currier.org
201 Myrtle Way
Manchester, NH 03104-4304 Project Title: "Weare Press Cupboard Conservation Treatment"
The Currier Museum will use its grant to treat the Weare Press Cupboard (1685-1690), the most important piece of New England furniture in the museum's collection and its highest priority for treatment. The press was commissioned by Nathaniel Weare, colonial representative to England, and later owned by his grandson, Meshech Weare, the first governor (1776-1785) of New Hampshire.
New Jersey
Newark Museum Association - Newark, NJ
Award Amount: $33,828; Applicant Match: $36,500
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Ms. Rebecca Buck
Chief Registrar
(973)596-6550; rbuck@newarkmuseum.org
49 Washington Street
PO Box 540
Newark, NJ 07101-3176
Project Title: "The Newark Museum Tibetan
Tangka Collection Project"
The Newark Museum Association will purchase and install
new storage cabinets to properly rehouse the museum's
200-piece Tibetan tangka collection. Tangka are portable
religious scroll paintings that can be rolled up. They
are an integral part of the museum's Tibetan collection,
the most comprehensive and renowned collection in the
United States.
New York
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation - Albany,
Award Amount: $45,452; Applicant Match: $47,858
Grant Category: Treatment of collections Contact: Deborah Trupin
Conservator
(518)237-8643x03241; deborah.trupin@oprhp.state.ny.us
Agency Building 1
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12238-0001 Project Title: "Conservation of Gilded Collections for the Boudoir of Staatsburgh State Historic Site"
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation will use its grant to treat seven pieces of upholstered, gilded furniture, six paintings, and two frames. All objects are original to the Boudoir, a key interpretive room at Staatsburgh, an important Beaux-Arts country house designed by Stanford White in 1895. Chemung County Historical Society - Elmira, NY
Award Amount: $1,706; Applicant Match: $1,706
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Ms. Kimberly Richards
Archivist
(607)734-4167x207; archivist@chemungvallemuseum.org
415 East Water Street
Elmira, NY 14901-3410
Project Title: "Booth Library Expansion"
The Chemung County Historical Society will use its grant
to purchase and install new shelving units in which to
properly rehouse the archival collections in new locations
throughout the society's Booth Library. The grant will
also be used to purchase equipment to monitor the temperature
and humidity levels in these new storage locations.
North Carolina
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, NC
Award Amount: $150,000; Applicant Match: $193,642
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Dr. William South
Curator of Collections
(336)334-4297; wrsouth@uncg.edu
Spring Garden and Tate Streets
349 Curry Building, P.O. Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6171 Project Title: "Reorganization of Weatherspoon Art Museum Vault"
The Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina will purchase and install new movable painting screens in the storage vault on which to properly rehouse 237 of the museum's 5,478 works of art. Artists represented in the collection include Willem de Kooning, Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Al Held, Alex Katz, and Louise Nevelson.
Ohio
Cincinnati Museum Center - Cincinnati, OH
Award Amount: $17,855; Applicant Match: $17,855
Grant Category: Survey of collections Contact: Ms. Jane MacKnight
Registrar
(513)287-7092; jmacknight@cincymuseum.org
1301 Western Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45203-1130 Project Title: "General Conservation Survey"
The Cincinnati Museum Center will use $16,235 to conduct a general conservation survey of the museum's 2.5 million-piece collection, including historical artifacts, archives, and natural history specimens. The remainder will be used to conduct a public education program entitled "Basics of Preventive Conservation."
Zoological Society of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH
Award Amount: $250,000; Applicant Match: $474,978
Grant Category: Exceptional Contact: Ms. Valerie Pence
Director of Plant Research
(513)569-8228; valerie.pence@cincinnatizoo.org.
3400 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45220-1399
Project Title: "Tissue Culture Propogation
of Selected Species in the CPC National Collection"
The Zoological Society of Cincinnati will conduct research
in collaboration with the Center for Plant Conservation
to address reproductive and conservation problems in 39
highly endangered plant species held in the CPC's National
Collection of Endangered Plants, in order to revive populations
and provide material for research and germplasm storage.
This is an exceptional project that will have broad-reaching
affects throughout the field of plant conservation.
Thurber House - Columbus, OH
Award Amount: $3,748; Applicant Match: $13,920
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Ms. Susanne Jaffe
Executive Director
(614)464-1032x12; sjaffe@thurberhouse.org
77 Jefferson Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215-3840 Project Title: "Thurber House Environmental Improvements"
The Thurber House will install shades on 21 of 56 windows and light-filtering window film on the storm windows on three sides of Thurber House. Thurber House was the home of humor writer and cartoonist James Thurber during his college years, and has been restored to the 1910's era.
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery - Dayton, OH
Award Amount: $45,196; Applicant Match: $49,506
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Ms. Lynn Simonelli
(937)275-7431x130; lsimonelli@boonshoftmuseum.org
2600 DeWeese Parkway
Dayton, OH 45414-5499 Project Title: "The DSNH Entomology Collection Rehousing and Relocation Project"
The Boonshoft Museum will use its grant to purchase and install new storage cabinets in which to properly rehouse about 15,000 of the society's collection of 200,000 entomological specimens, one of the three largest entomological collections in Ohio. Massillon Museum - Massillon, OH
Award Amount: $46,285; Applicant Match: $46,285
Grant Category: Survey of collections Contact: Ms. Christine Shearer
Director
(330)833-4061; cshearer@massillonmuseum.org
121 Lincoln Way East
Massillon, OH 44646-6633 Project Title: "Conservation Planning and Assessment"
The Massillon Museum will use its grant to conduct an environmental survey to determine what improvements are needed to protect the museum's collections by stabilizing the environment, relieving overcrowding, and providing additional storage and research space to accommodate future collections growth. A collection of artifacts from Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia) is of special significance, as it is among the first collections on which the museum was founded.
Toledo Zoo - Toledo, OH
Award Amount: $76,208; Applicant Match: $128,492
Grant Category: Research in conservation Contact: Peter Tolson
Director of Conservation
(419)385-5721x2112; ptolson@toledozoo.org
P.O. Box 140130
Toledo, OH 43614-0801
Project Title: "Enhancement of Conservation
Breeding for Two Endangered Wetland Butterflies"
The Toledo Zoo will use $67,652 to conduct research to
determine basic reproductive and larval parameters of
the Mitchell's satyr, Neonympha m. mitchelli, and swamp
metalmark, Calephelis muticum, and to use this information
to improve conservation breeding protocols of these two
species in captivity. $8,556 to develop a curriculum that
focuses on the conservation of the federally endangered
Mitchell's satyr butterfly to raise the awareness of elementary
school teachers and students regarding the Mitchell's
satyr and the fen habitats where the species resides.
Pennsylvania
Barnes Foundation - Merion, PA
Award Amount: $54,000; Applicant Match: $54,757
Grant Category: Treatment of collections Contact: Ms. Barbara Buckley
Conservator
(610)667-0290x1119; bbuckley@barnesfoundation.org
300 North Latch's Lane
Merion, PA 19066-1729
Project Title: "Conservation Treatment of
Asian Paintings of the Barnes Foundation"
The Barnes Foundation will use its grant to treat ten
Asian paintings from the 14th to the 19th centuries representing
the cultures of China, Japan, and Korea. These paintings
are important components of the learning environment of
the Barnes and provide an important context for the study
of art and aesthetics and traditions in art.
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Philadelphia, PA
Award Amount: $156,300; Applicant Match: $800,534
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Ms. Sara Reiter
(215)684-7577; sreiter@philamuseum.org
P.O. Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101-7646 Project Title: "Costume and Textiles Storage Improvements"
The Philadelphia Museum of Art will use $150,000 to purchase and install new storage furniture in which to properly rehouse the museum's renowned Costume and Textile Collection, comprising more than 30,000 pieces from 200 B.C. to the present. $6,300 to develop an educational Web site with a behind-the-scenes look at the new storage facilities and to educate the public about proper storage of costumes and textiles, whether in a large museum or in private collections.
Virginia
Mariners' Museum - Newport News, VA
Award Amount: $150,000; Applicant Match: $452,211
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Susan Berg
Vice President & Director
(757)591-7780; sberg@mariner.org
100 Museum Drive
Newport News, VA 23606-3759 Project Title: "Safeguarding Maritime History"
The Mariners' Museum will purchase and install a comprehensive environmental protection system for its library to provide a state-of-the-art, controlled environment with optimal temperature and humidity levels and an air filtration system. This system will help to alleviate fluctuations in temperature and humidity levels caused by elevated water and steam piping. Such fluctuations currently pose a severe threat to the library collection, recognized as the largest and most comprehensive maritime research center in the Western Hemisphere.
Wisconsin
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI
Award Amount: $10,300; Applicant Match: $10,350
Grant Category: Survey of collections Contact: Mr. Russell Panczenko
Director
(608)263-2842; rpanczenko@chazen.wisc.edu
550 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706-1404 Project Title: "Survey of Indian Miniature Painting Collection"
The Chazen Museum will conduct a detailed condition survey of 283 Indian miniature paintings that originate from as far north as the foothills of the Himalayas and from as far south as the tip of the Indian peninsula, including Orissa on the east coast and Gujarat on the west coast. The paintings range from the 13th to the 19th century, an era recognized for the germination and blossoming of the world-renowned Mughal and Rajput styles. Milwaukee Public Museum - Milwaukee, WI
Award Amount: $75,706; Applicant Match: $114,487
Grant Category: Provision of optimum environment Contact: Mr. Neil Luebke
(414)278-6141; nluebke@mpm.edu
800 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233-1478 Project Title: "Storage Upgrade of the Huron H. Smith Ethnobotanical Garden"
The Milwaukee Public Museum will use its grant to stabilize, treat, rehouse, and upgrade storage conditions for the museum's unique Huron Smith Ethnobotanical Collection, comprising 1,650 specimens plus field collecting notes and photographs. This collection represents plants used by Wisconsin's Native American tribes that were collected by botanist Huron Smith in the 1920s.
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