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Dr. Anne-Imelda M.
Radice, IMLS Director, delivers her opening remarks. |
Representatives of small and medium-sized museums and libraries
from every
state, including Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, met with
national leaders in the nation’s capitol on June 27-28,
2007. The summit explored strategies for preserving endangered
collections, harnessing new technologies, engaging the public
in conservation efforts, and identifying funding resources.
“Knowing that the concerns about collection care
exist at the highest levels is helpful to me in making my
case for local support,” said Robyn G. Peterson, Executive
Director of the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, MT.
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The summit was organized in cooperation
with Heritage Preservation and held at the Donald W.
Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture of
the Smithsonian Institution. |
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The National Conservation Summit hosts would
like to thank the following for their generous support:
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