Project Grant PG27163720

The Northeast Document Conservation Center, Inc. (NEDCC) received a two-year, $350,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. Through this funding, NEDCC will provide free preservation training, resources and assessments to ensure the long-term care of humanities collections. Specific deliverables include eight hands-on disaster preparedness workshops, eight general preservation...

The Concord Museum was awarded a $269,690 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The funding will support a detailed conservation survey of the museum's collection of 2,189 historic clothing, shoes, and hats dating from the 1700s to 1900s. Museum staff will work with professional textile conservators to assess the objects' storage and housing needs, and produce a conservation survey report. This project will enable the museum to update its...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), a nonprofit preservation organization. Through this 2-year award, NEDCC will provide a range of preservation services and training resources to support the long-term care and stewardship of paper-based, photographic, audiovisual, and digital collections at cultural institutions across the...

This Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program, CFDA 15.929, provides $1,348,036 to the Captain Forbes House Museum in Milton, Massachusetts to stabilize and preserve a historic 1883 carriage house and 1880 stable. The award will fund activities such as adding and replacing concrete footings, repointing chimneys, reinforcing structural components, repairing siding and trim, replacing roofing and gutters, restoring windows and doors, and installing...

The Avon Free Public Library was awarded a $116,606 Save America's Treasures Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to preserve and digitize historically significant materials. Under the award, set to run from November 2022 through October 2024, the library will focus on digitizing collections from four 19th century farmsteads, an 18th century house, and a Gothic Revival schoolhouse that are part of the Pine Grove Historic District. Additionally, materials from the...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149), awarded a $349,009 Project Grant to the Northeast Document Conservation Center, Inc. (NEDCC) to develop tools and workflows for preserving digital audio tape (DAT) collections. The project aims to address the lack of accessible preservation solutions for accurately transferring audio and metadata from the at-risk DAT format, which is likely to contain unique content. The key...

The Foundation For Advancement In Conservation was awarded a $325,795 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program to provide emergency preparation and response training to preserve humanities collections. Specifically, the Foundation will establish two new Alliance for Response networks in New Hampshire and Arizona and train four volunteer heritage response teams in cooperation with existing AFR networks. A...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $339,120 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC). Through this 2-year grant, which runs from March 2024 to February 2026, FAIC will develop and deliver 5 technical skill-based workshops for conservators and 4 outreach workshops for broader audiences. These workshops aim to address critical needs identified in...

The City of Methuen, Massachusetts was awarded a $220,000 Project Grant from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) to preserve and digitize historical records. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will support the City's efforts to document and provide public access to important historical narratives, with a project completion date of August 31, 2027. This award demonstrates the City's...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the Department of the Interior National Park Service was made to the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, a non-profit organization, under the Save America's Treasures grant program (CFDA 15.929). The funding will support physical preservation and conservation work on the nationally significant Concord Gas Light Co. Gas Holder House located in Concord, NH. This will involve repairs to the building's masonry and roof. The award period runs...