Establishing an environmental monitoring program at the motown museum [motown collections and facilities staff will work with preservation environment specialists from the image permanence institute…

Establishing an environmental monitoring program at the motown museum [motown collections and facilities staff will work with preservation environment specialists from the image permanence institute (IPI) to evaluate the preservation quality of its collection storage facility and two historic houses containing one-of-a-kind artifacts which document the history of motown records. The data collected over one year will be analyzed to establish recommendations for improving the museum?S preservation environment and program. IPI will provide training to motown?S collection and facilities staff to ensure the continued management and maintenance of an active environmental monitoring program. This work will ensure the long-term, sustainable preservation of the museum?S collections, which includes motown record?S corporate papers (1959-1988), the gordy family papers, photographic materials, original sound recordings, film, grooved media, performance uniforms, instruments, and other ephemera that created the legacy known as the ?motown sound."]