[NHCOLL-L:232] IMLS Awards

[Tim White]

FYI, the Institute of Museum and Library Service (IMLS) has announced their
awardees for 1999.  Below is a list of the natural history museums
receiving support for the Conservation Support Program.  Congrats to all!

Alaska

Alaska State Museum, Juneau, $47,408 To protect a valuable collection of
Alaskan Native objects made of ivory, animal hides, basketry, wood, and
stone by purchasing and installing new steel cabinets in the Museum's
collections storage room.

Arkansas

University Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, $22,526 To better
protect the Museum's collection of comparative skeletal materials in its
zoology collection by purchasing and installing museum cabinets and
specimen boxes.

California

San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, $49,990 To improve the storage
environment for the Museum's mammal study skin collection by purchasing and
installing steel cases and archival supplies, and to hire a collection
assistant to implement the transfer of objects to the new cases. 

Colorado

Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, $47,645 To improve storage
conditions for 570 oversized mammal skulls and skeletons in the Museum's
osteological collection, by purchasing and installing new storage cabinets,
dust covers, environmental monitoring equipment, and conservation supplies.

Connecticut

Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven $49,955 To
provide a better environment for the Museum's significant collection of
marine gastropods, echinoderms and soft corals, including starfish, sea
urchins, and sea fans, by purchasing and installing new storage cabinets
and acid-free trays.

Florida

Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, $49,393. To develop palm seed storage
methods and seed banks to conserve and safeguard the Garden's unique and
important collection of palms.

Iowa

Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science, Davenport, $9,000 To conduct
an environmental survey of the Museum facility.

Massachusetts

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, $50,000. To improve
the storage conditions for 400-450 African objects including wood masks and
figurines, ivory carvings, and headdresses and musical instruments, by
purchasing archival quality materials such as containers for fragile
objects.  Also, to implement an expanded deinfestation program for affected
wood items by purchasing supplies and equipment.

Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, Provincetown, $10,000 To protect
the Museum's hanging art collection, produced by noted Provincetown
artists, including Marcus Waterman, by purchasing and installing new
lateral art storage panels. 

Michigan

Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, $8,888 To assist with the
storage and protection of the Museum's 1,974 mostly 19th century
ornithology specimens, by purchasing archival materials, supplies, and
cabinets.

Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, $49,913 To improve the storage
of the Museum's ethnographic and Native American collections, including
approximately 8,000 local and international objects of historical,
archeological and cultural importance, by purchasing and installing new
storage cabinets.

Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, $59,933 $50,000 to protect the
Museum's collections of bird study skins and freshwater and marine mollusks
which document the biodiversity of endangered habitats and species, by
purchasing and installing new storage cabinets. $9,993 for an education
component that includes purchase of video equipment for a visible
conservation lab to allow visitors to view conservation activities relating
to the Museum's collection of study skins and mollusks.

New York

Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Hastings, $5,264 To
conduct a general conservation survey of the Museum's collections.

Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, $49,837 To conduct an
environmental survey and building feasibility study of the primary
collections storage facility.



Tim

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