Collection preservation

FAIN: PG-271845-20

Hyde Collection (Glens Falls, NY 12801-4520)
Jonathan P. Canning (Project Director: January 2020 to December 2022)
John Lefner (Project Director: December 2022 to January 2026)

The purchase of preservation supplies, including shelf lining, file folders, and storage boxes for sculptures, prints, and photographs. In addition, the applicant would replace lighting in historic Hyde House with LED lights and install ultraviolet light sleeves in art storage to help reduce exposure. The restored historic house, located in a relatively remote region of greater northeastern New York, was constructed in 1912 and exhibits portions of the original Hyde family collection of European and American art in all media as well as special, traveling exhibitions. Following the recommendations of a 2019 preservation assessment, this project would support preparations for the institution’s 2022 reaccreditation as well as its sixtieth anniversary in 2023.

The Hyde Collection requests funding to purchase supplies to rehouse and reorganization works of art from the Museum's more than 5,000-item collection, as recommended by a Collections Assessment for Preservation report.