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.
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Conservation Assessment Program Phone:
202/233-0800
Fax:
202/233-0807
Heritage Preservation
1012 14th Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005