Regional preservation field services program [the midwest art conservation center (MACC) requests funding for its regional preservation field service program (preventive conservation)

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Midwest Art Conservation Center, Inc. $314,503 on March 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to operate its Regional Preservation Field Services Program through February 29, 2028.

The award funds a preventive conservation initiative serving hundreds of cultural repositories across the Upper Midwest. MACC will deliver collections care and preservation-related workshops, disaster planning and training services, preservation surveys and plans, collections care information resources, and related collection care improvement services to strengthen preservation practices at cultural institutions throughout the region, with the goal of increasing public access to collections.

Performance occurs in Minnesota. MACC is a Minneapolis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax-exempt organization that operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient with no sub-recipient pass-through relationships.

This program strengthens the preservation practices and collections care at cultural repositories in the upper midwest, resulting in increased public access. During the proposed NEH grant period (3/2026-2/2028), the preventive conservation program will improve the preservation practices at hundreds of institutions by providing: collections care and preservation related workshops; disaster planning, training and response services; preservation surveys and plans; collections care information; and other related collection care improvement services. The program has demonstrated successful outcomes and measurable results, keeps its programming accessible to even the smallest institutions in the region, is staffed by knowledgeable conservators and preservation experts, and is devoted to this region?s collections.]