General preservation assessment for worcester historical museum?s three-dimensional collection [worcester historical museum (WHM) is requesting $7,900 to support three complementary activities ? A…

General preservation assessment for worcester historical museum?s three-dimensional collection [worcester historical museum (WHM) is requesting $7,900 to support three complementary activities ? A general preservation assessment, education and training, and supply purchases ? For its three-dimensional collection. WHM will contract with collections expert, valarie j. Kinkade of museum & collector resource, to perform a multi-day visit and analysis to assess the collections stewardship practices of the cultural resources stored or exhibited in five locations at WHM properties and off-site. As the museum?s first comprehensive three-dimensional collections-based assessment in its nearly 150 years, WHM seeks to use this grant to establish a roadmap for future preservation prioritization for its approximately 30,000 objects. This process and resulting plan will create a detailed and sustainable workflow appropriate to the museum?s staffing level and budget size that guides the institution through current issues plaguing the collection and challenging the organization.]