The Grant Advisor Plus - Program Abstract

Agency:

HERITAG Heritage Preservation

Program:

Conservation Assessment Program

Due:

DEC 1

Abstract:

CAP is a non-competitve technical assistance program that provides a general conservation assessment of your museum's collections, environmental conditions, and site. Conservation priorities are identified by professionals who spend two days on-site and three days writing a final report. ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for the Conservation Assessment Program, a museum must meet all five of the following criteria: (a) It must be either a unit of State, local, or tribal government or be a private nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code; (2) It must be located in the U.S.; (3) It must be open and exhibiting to the public at least 90 days a year; (4) It must be a museum that, using a professional staff, is organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational or aesthetic purposes, owns or uses tangible objects, either animate or inanimate, cares for these objects, and exhibits these objects to the general public on a regular basis through facilities that it owns or operates; (5) It must be able to have all of its collections and facilities assessed in a two-day site visit. CAP can accommodate all types of museums and welcomes their applications. FUNDING: Heritage Preservation allocates money for each institution's participation in CAP. Allocation amounts range from $3,390 to $7,190 and are determined by Heritage Preservation, depending on whether the museum needs one or two assessors and the museum's budget. The costs to museums generally range from $430 to $1,020.

Web page:

http://www.heritagepreservation.org/CAP/index.html

E-mail:

cap@heritagepreservation.org

Write:

Conservation Assessment Program
Heritage Preservation
1012 14th Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005

Phone:

202/233-0800

Fax:

202/233-0807