PRESERVATION AND ACCESS AWARDS
Division of Preservation and Access
Announced: May 2006

Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Outright: $295,674
The purchase and installation of storage furniture and the rehousing of modern and contemporary art collections, which encompass strong holdings of painting and sculpture since 1960, 20th century American and international photography, American impressionist and tonalist painting, and regional art.

Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Outright: $355,126
The purchase of storage furniture and rehousing of 7,672 ethnographic objects and 69,000 archaeological artifacts at the Logan Museum of Anthropology. The collections include South American, Mesoamerican, and Native American ceramics, American Indian basketry, Midwestern archaeological collections, and Paleolithic art and artifacts from France and North Africa.

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Outright: $500,000
The purchase of storage furniture and improvements to security and climate control to preserve the Bowdoin College Museum of Art's collections, which include Old Master prints and drawings, Italian Renaissance painting, photography, Ancient Mediterranean art, and American art.

Hancock Shaker Village, Inc., Pittsfield, MA
Outright: $262,000
The purchase of compact shelving and storage units to preserve a collection of furniture and artifacts that document the history and culture of the Shaker community of Hancock, Massachusetts.

History San Jose, San Jose, CA
Outright: $0
Match: $89,467
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to rehouse 5,000 linear feet of archival and manuscript collections related to the history of California's Santa Clara Valley from 1777 to the present.

International Folk Art Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
Outright: $700,000
The purchase of storage equipment, improvement of lighting and climate control, and the rehousing of 68,000 folk art objects from North and South America, Africa, and Asia.

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Outright: $126,237
The purchase of storage furniture and supplies to rehouse 2,435 textiles from China, Japan, India, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia dating from the 18th century and held in the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum.

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Outright: $140,650
Match: $226,685
The improvement of storage and environmental conditions for the Harn Museum of Art's 6,200 works of African and Asian art, modern art of Europe and the Americas, international contemporary art, and photography.

University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
Outright: $700,000
The improvement of environmental conditions to increase the longevity of special collections in the humanities housed in the university's R. Lee Hornbake Library.

Valdez Museum and Historical Archive Association, Inc., Valdez, AK
Outright: $0
Match: $45,000
The purchase and installation of compact storage shelving, which will allow the museum to consolidate archival collections of artifacts, photographs, and documents that relate to the history of the town.

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Outright: $292,000
The purchase of storage furniture and rehousing of paintings, sculpture, and archival collections that document the development of contemporary art in America.