Phase 10: developing storage space and housing significant humanities collections [the L.C. Bates museum?s project goal is to improve collection?s care and preservation by completing phase 10 of…

Phase 10: developing storage space and housing significant humanities collections [the L.C. Bates museum?s project goal is to improve collection?s care and preservation by completing phase 10 of developing storage spaces and housing significant historic objects in the museum?s expanding new 2ND floor NW storage space. The collections are relevant to the national history of childcare and its study as exemplified by good will-hinckley homes (GWH), cultural history or maine history. This storage project, a prioritized collections care goal of the museum?s 2022-2026 strategic plan, follows the recommendations of our 2008 RE-cap, 2012 map collections stewardship, 2019 map follow-up and RON harvey?s 2000 collection survey and 2010-22 climate monitoring reports. The project will support the conservator helping implement the storage activities and presenting a metal collections care workshop and the museum's purchase storage supplies and shelving.]