American Heritage Preservation Grants will be awarded in amounts up to $3,000 to assist in the preservation of endangered and fragile American art works, rare books, scientific specimens, and historical documents (photographs, maps, deeds, etc.). Objects should be of significance within the heritage of the community. Targeted to meet the needs of small to medium size organizations, these grants are available to fully fund projects in three areas: treatment of library, museum or archival collections; improvement of collections storage; and environmental improvement of collections.
Within the $3,000 grant limit, CCAHA can provide:
* Conservation treatment to stabilize one or more paper-based or photographic item in your collection.
* Rebinding and repair of historically significant books.
* Rematting and reframing of paper-based or photographic items.
* Mounting or remounting paper-based or photographic objects for display.
* Training of staff for rehousing projects.
* Assistance in purchasing appropriate environmental monitoring equipment.
Applications must be submitted by September 15, 2008. The official IMLS guidelines can be found at: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/pdf/AHPG_2008.pdf

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