PRESERVATION AND ACCESS
AWARDS Division of Preservation and Access Announced: July 2005
STABILIZING HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Outright: $600,000
Match: $50,000 The installation of fire and security systems in Library Hall
for the protection of the society's resources in early American history and the
history of science and technology, as well as manuscripts and printed materials
documenting the cultural and intellectual heritage of the nation.
http://www.amphilsoc.org/
American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
Outright: $36,398
Match: $42,299
The purchase of storage furniture to rehouse American textiles in the museum's
collections.
http://www.athm.org/home_framemiddle1.htm
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Outright: $600,000
Match: $50,000
The purchase of storage furniture and rehousing of 20,000 works of art dating from
antiquity to the present, including Asian art, European and American paintings and
decorative art, sculpture, prints and drawings, American Indian art, and African art.
http://www.nelson-atkins.org/
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Outright: $600,000
Match: $50,000
The purchase of storage furniture for the museum's 150,000 prints, drawings, and
photographs, which will be relocated to the recently acquired Perelman Building after
its renovation and expansion.
http://www.philamuseum.org/main.asp
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
Outright: $584,041
Improvements in environmental conditions, fire protection, and lighting in three
historic buildings that display and interpret collections of American decorative,
fine, and folk art.
http://www.shelburnemuseum.com/?flash=true
University of South Carolina, Columbia, Columbia, SC
Outright: $93,405
The rehousing of 11 million feet of film documenting world history, society, and
culture from the years 1919 to1934 and 1942 to 1944.
http://www.sc.edu/
Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum, Decorah, IA
Outright: $222,615
The purchase and installation of environmental, fire detection and suppression, and
security systems; the purchase and installation of compact shelving; the documentation
and cleaning of artifacts; the relocation and rehousing of the collections in the newly
renovated storage area.
http://vesterheim.org/index.php
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA
Outright: $488,077
The purchase of compact shelving and re housing of archives related to the history of
business in Virginia from the 18th through the 20th century.
http://www.vahistorical.org/
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