An Assessment of Unstable Environmental Conditions

FAIN: PF-287878-22

Allen County Historical Society (Lima, OH 45801-4604)
Amy E. Craft (Project Director: January 2022 to November 2022)
Brittany Venturella (Project Director: November 2022 to November 2023)
Christine Fowler Shearer (Project Director: November 2023 to April 2025)

A planning project to explore sustainable strategies for improving environmental conditions for a collection that documents the diverse culture of the people of the western Ohio region from pre-history through the present. 

The Allen County Historical Society and Museum (ACHSM) requests a National Endowment for the Humanities Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections planning grant of $ $35,193.88 to convene a project team to explore sustainable strategies that can address deteriorating environmental conditions and make recommendations for improved HVAC controls in the main museum building and three structures on the museum campus; a large Victorian house and two collection storage facilities. This action coalesces with the Museum’s 2021 Strategic Plan that includes measures that strengthen the scope of the permanent collection and assess collection storage issues throughout the museum facility.