– Phase 7: Developing Storage Space and Housing Significant Humanities Collections
FAIN: PG-280620-21
Good Will-Hinckley (Hinckley, ME 04944-0159)
Deborah W. Staber (Project Director: January 2021 to September 2023)
The work of a conservator to implement recommendations made through the Museum Assessment Program in 2012 and 2020, as well as the purchase of shelving and housing materials, staff training, and a workshop that would bring together local museum professionals to learn about best practices for safe storage. The collection consists of fine and decorative art, archaeological artifacts, natural history artifacts, and historical objects that document the history of childcare as well as local Maine history. This project would build on six previous phases that completed monitoring, climate, and light condition improvements and would turn an unused space on the second floor of the facility into an appropriate long-term storage space for humanities objects, making them more accessible for education and research.
Complete phase 7 of the archival housing and storage of historic Good Will-Hinckley materials that document the history of childcare and life in rural Maine. Consult with conservator Ron Harvey on the project work and for a workshop for volunteers and local Maine museums staff.