Worcester Historical Museum

SECURING WORCESTER'S HISTORY: MAKING HISTORY TOGETHER

WORCESTER: FIRST STEPS TOWARD REVOLUTION [AS WE APPROACH THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM PROPOSES ?WORCESTER: FIRST STEPS TOWARD REVOLUTION,? A DYNAMIC SERIES OF PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS, INTERPRETIVE EVENTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES THAT COMMEMORATE WORCESTER AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS?S CRUCIAL, YET OFTEN OVERLOOKED, ROLE IN SPARKING AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.]

GENERAL PRESERVATION ASSESSMENT FOR WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM?S THREE-DIMENSIONAL COLLECTION [WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM (WHM) IS REQUESTING $7,900 TO SUPPORT THREE COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES ? A GENERAL PRESERVATION ASSESSMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND SUPPLY PURCHASES ? FOR ITS THREE-DIMENSIONAL COLLECTION. WHM WILL CONTRACT WITH COLLECTIONS EXPERT, VALARIE J. KINKADE OF MUSEUM & COLLECTOR RESOURCE, TO PERFORM A MULTI-DAY VISIT AND ANALYSIS TO ASSESS THE COLLECTIONS STEWARDSHIP PRACTICES OF THE CULTURAL RESOURCES STORED OR EXHIBITED IN FIVE LOCATIONS AT WHM PROPERTIES AND OFF-SITE. AS THE MUSEUM?S FIRST COMPREHENSIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL COLLECTIONS-BASED ASSESSMENT IN ITS NEARLY 150 YEARS, WHM SEEKS TO USE THIS GRANT TO ESTABLISH A ROADMAP FOR FUTURE PRESERVATION PRIORITIZATION FOR ITS APPROXIMATELY 30,000 OBJECTS. THIS PROCESS AND RESULTING PLAN WILL CREATE A DETAILED AND SUSTAINABLE WORKFLOW APPROPRIATE TO THE MUSEUM?S STAFFING LEVEL AND BUDGET SIZE THAT GUIDES THE INSTITUTION THROUGH CURRENT ISSUES PLAGUING THE COLLECTION AND CHALLENGING THE ORGANIZATION.]