Conservation Assessment Project at America's Packard Museum

FAIN: PG-300826-24

America's Packard Museum (Dayton, OH 45402-2605)
Robert Signom (Project Director: January 2024 to present)

A preservation assessment, purchase of collections management software, staff training, and inventory of a collection documenting early automotive history.

America’s Packard Museum requests $10,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for an eighteen-month project to begin an inventory and preservation assessment of the non-vehicle artifacts held by the Museum. The project will run from November 1, 2024-March 31, 2026. The budget includes funding for a conservation consultant; HOBO Temp/RH/Light/Ext-Temp Kits; travel expenses; training; and CatalogIt software. The NEH Preservation Assistance Grant will be transformative for the Museum, and we will use it to make enormous strides to further our mission and assist with efforts towards collections preservations and improved access to researchers and the public. This NEH project is designed to provide the Museum with the data, analysis, and implementation steps to accomplish these goals.