Phase 8: Developing Storage Space and Housing for Humanities Collections

FAIN: PG-287449-22

Good Will-Hinckley (Hinckley, ME 04944-0159)
Deborah W. Staber (Project Director: December 2021 to present)

The purchase of five shelving units and preservation supplies to safeguard the museum’s collections, as well as training for staff in rehousing methods and the arrangement of a collection storage space. The consulting conservator would also provide a one-day workshop entitled, Artifact Housing and Storage for Small Museums, open to the staff and volunteers of 30 museums in rural Maine and members of the Central Kennebec Heritage Council of Museums.

The L.C. Bates Museum’s project goal is to improve collection’s care and preservation by completing phase 8 of Developing Storage Spaces and Housing Significant Historic Objects in the museum’s recently developed second floor SW storage space. The collections are relevant to the national history of childcare and its study as exemplified by Good Will-Hinckley Homes (GWH), cultural history or Maine history.