| CH-50357-07 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Endowment for new Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Library | 6/1/2004 - 7/31/2011 | $610,000.00 | Lee | Bagby | Viverette | | | | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Richmond | VA | 23220-4007 | USA | 2006 | Art History and Criticism | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 610000 | 0 | 610000 | Endowment for the Head Librarian, a reference librarian, acquisitions, equipment, furnishings, and a professional development and travel fund.
VMFA seeks $800,000 to be matched 4:1 for a total of $4MM to provide endowment for a new art research Library to be located in the Museum's new wing scheduled to open in 2007-08. The new Library will offer extensive humanities holdings including 132,500 volumes. Endowment will support the Head Librarian and one Librarian position, acquisitions, preservation equipment and materials, furnishings, and a professional development and travel fund. The Library is central to the Museum's commitment to provide a humanities framework for interpreting all of its collections, exhibitions, publications, and educational programs. |