Canterbury shaker village will implement a three-year collections inventory and cataloging project to strengthen their management and care of their object collections
Ended Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- MA252903OMS23
- Recipient
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Canterbury Shaker Village Inc. UEI SLGLFKAXB9Q4
- Awarding agency
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
- Obligated
- $468,954
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 45.301 Museums for America
- Completion date
- Funding
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- $210,998.00 Federal
- $257,956.00 Non-federal
- Place of performance
- Canterbury, NH 03224, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
About this award
The Canterbury Shaker Village Inc., a non-profit organization, received a $468,954 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The three-year grant will support a collections inventory and cataloging project to strengthen the management and care of the organization's extensive Shaker artifact collection, consisting of over 40,000 three-dimensional items. The project aims to enhance physical and intellectual control of the collection, improve access for staff and researchers, and resolve longstanding collection access and use problems. The grant award period is from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026.
Description
The archives and museum collections are considered one of the largest and most comprehensive of any extant in an original shaker community. This stewardship project will fulfill a major institutional need and resolve collection access and use problems for 40,000 three-dimensional items. Enhanced physical and intellectual control of the collection will result in improved access to the collection for the benefit of staff as well as researchers of shaker history and material culture.
Quick answers
Who received award MA252903OMS23?
MA252903OMS23 was awarded to Canterbury Shaker Village Inc. by Institute of Museum and Library Services (National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities) on September 1, 2023.
How much is award MA252903OMS23 worth?
$468,954 has been obligated on MA252903OMS23: $210,998 in federal funding and $257,956 in non-federal funding.
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