FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2008
IMLS Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
Guidelines Announced
for Bank of America/IMLS American
Heritage Preservation Program
The Institute of Museum and Library Services
and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation are pleased
to announce the 2009 guidelines for the American Heritage
Preservation Program. This new public-private partnership
will fund the preservation of endangered and fragile art
works, rare books, scientific specimens, and historical
documents (photographs, maps, deeds, etc.) held in small
and medium-sized museums, archives, and libraries. To
access application guidelines instructions, please visit
www.imls.gov/collections/grants/boa.htm.
“It is through the preservation and
care of our collective heritage that America’s communities
stay vital,” said Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Director
of IMLS “These grants are intended to assist institutions,
as our nation’s stewards of cultural collections,
with activities that ensure the safekeeping and care of
these precious artifacts and with sharing the impact of
these activities with their communities.”
The grants of up to $3,000 are aimed at
completing stand-alone conservation projects that convey
the essential character and experience of the United States.
Examples of fundable projects are provided in the grant
guidelines.
The partnership builds on IMLS’s Connecting
to Collections: A Call to Action, a multi-year, multi-pronged
initiative to raise public awareness and inspire action
on the care of America’s collections. That initiative
implements recommendations of an IMLS-supported study,
A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report
on the State of America’s Collections, which found
that nearly 190 million objects in U.S. collections are
in immediate danger of deterioration and need restoration
or conservation.
For questions about museum projects, please
contact Christine Henry, Senior Program Officer, at 202-653-4674
to discuss your questions. For questions about library
or archival projects, please contact Susan Malbin, Senior
Program Officer, at 202-653-4768.
The deadline for application is September
15, 2008. IMLS and Bank of America will notify applicants
of final decisions in January 2009, with projects to begin
no earlier than February 1, 2009.
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