Preservation Services in Puerto Rico

FAIN: PE-290109-23

CCAHA (Philadelphia, PA 19103-5530)
Dyani Feige (Project Director: May 2022 to present)

The development of a Regional Heritage Stewardship Program (RHSP) in Puerto Rico in collaboration with the Centro de Conservación y Restauración de Puerto Rico (CENCOR). The program would emphasize the preservation of book, paper, and photographic materials.

To provide education and training services to cultural heritage organizations in Puerto Rico, the Conservation Center for Art Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) will partner with the Centro de Conservación y Restauración de Puerto Rico (CENCOR), a nonprofit institution that promotes the conservation of cultural heritage in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean region. While many individual organizations in Puerto Rico are fully committed to preserving their collections, they often lack access to the information, resources, and cultural infrastructure that are needed to plan and implement important incremental strategies. CCAHA and CENCOR are dedicated to fostering an island-wide cultural infrastructure in Puerto Rico that respects regional cultures, offers sustainable resources, encourages thoughtful initiatives, and builds community. This project is conceived as a necessary first step in developing resources that will position CENCOR as a valued hub for supporting collections care in Puerto Rico.