Program

Preservation and Access: Preservation Assistance Grants

Period of Performance

10/1/2024 - 9/30/2025

Funding Totals

$10,000.00 (approved)
$10,000.00 (awarded)


Purchase of Flat Files and Supplies for Preservation of Oversized Materials

FAIN: PG-300949-24

Museum of Chinese in America (New York, NY 10013-3601)
Yue Ma (Project Director: January 2024 to present)

The purchase of file cabinets to store oversized works on paper, including blueprints and calligraphy paintings from three of the museum’s collections.

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) requests a grant of $10,000 to support the purchase of 2 extra-large flat file cabinets with a base to store oversized works on paper from the museum’s collection. The particular items to be stored in the oversized flat file cabinets include blueprints from the museum’s Poy Gum Lee and Wei Foo Chun collections, as well as oversized calligraphy paintings from the Cheng Man-Ching collection.