Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections

Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (SCHC) helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting preventive conservation measures that mitigate deterioration and prolong the useful life of collections.


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Libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country are responsible for collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art, and historical objects that facilitate research, strengthen teaching, and provide opportunities for life-long learning in the humanities.

To preserve and ensure continued access to such collections, institutions must implement preventive conservation measures, which encompass managing relative humidity, temperature, light and pollutants in collection spaces; providing protective storage enclosures and systems for collections; and safeguarding collections from theft and from natural and man-made disasters.

To help institutions develop sound preventive conservation projects, NEH encourages collaborative and interdisciplinary planning, which is important for identifying sustainable strategies.

Such planning should include consideration of the following factors:
the nature of the materials in a collection; the performance of the building, its envelope, and its systems in moderating internal environmental conditions; the capabilities of the institution; the nature of the local climate and the effects of climate change; the cost-effectiveness and energy efficiency of various approaches to preventive conservation; and the project�s impact on the environment.

Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections offers two kinds of awards:
grants for planning and for implementation.
Related Programs

Promotion of the Humanities_Division of Preservation and Access

National Endowment For The Humanities


Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities

Office: None

Estimated Funding: Not Available


Who's Eligible


Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories





Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/SCHC.html

Additional Information of Eligibility:
Not Available

Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/SCHC.html

Contact:
Sustaining Cultural Heritage CollectionsDivision of Preservation and AccessRoom 411National Endowment for the Humanities1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506202-606-8570

Agency Email Description:
preservation@neh.gov

Agency Email:
preservation@neh.gov

Date Posted:
2011-09-09

Application Due Date:
2011-12-01

Archive Date:
2011-12-31


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