Program

Preservation and Access: Preservation/Access Projects

Period of Performance

1/1/2005 - 6/30/2006

Funding Totals

$5,000.00 (approved)
$5,000.00 (awarded)


Preservation of Historic Chinese Costumes

FAIN: PA-51029-05

Museum of Chinese in America (New York, NY 10013-3601)
Robert Jerome Meyer (Project Director: May 2004 to February 2007)

Consultation with a conservator who will develop a preservation plan for 77 Chinese dresses custom-tailored in the 1930s and 1940s and 26 intricate Chinese opera costumes from New York City's oldest Chinese opera club.