Great American Treasures Museum Alliance Grant
About the Grant
The Great American Treasures Museum Alliance Grant is designed to support our museum properties as they work to explore our nation’s history through ongoing preservation efforts. Awarded annually to our member sites, this grant provides Great American Treasures destinations with the funds they need to further preserve or advance the awareness of the NSCDA’s historical trusts, which includes buildings, collections, gardens, and more.
The grants awarded by the Museum Alliance Committee range from $2,500 to $12,500. Each year, the focus of the grant varies; in 2024, the grant will focus on the preservation of collections. For more information about the grant or to learn more about eligible projects, please contact our Great American Treasures Coordinator.
Grant Recipients
Peachfield (2024)
Peachfield was awarded $6,500 to stabilize and clean its 1782 bed rug, with plans to complete the work in time for the bed rug to be back on display in situ for Peachfield’s Tricentennial celebration (1725–2025).
Andrew Low House (2024)
The Andrew Low House received $9,500 to conserve a significant museum piece—a small 1849 portrait of Sarah Cecil Hunter Low and her daughter Amy.
Mount Clare Museum (2024)
A partial grant of $9,000 was given to the Mount Clare Museum to hire a professional art conservator for assessments of its collection of 20 paintings and to fund the restoration of the three works most in need of attention.
Hermann-Grima House (2023)
With the assistance of the Museum Alliance Grant, the Hermann-Grima House will repair the balconies on their enslaved quarters. At present, these wooden structures suffer from deterioration and rot, exacerbated by the hot, humid, and windy climate of southern Louisiana.
Hoover-Minthorn House (2023)
The Hoover-Minthorn House will use the Museum Alliance Grant to address deferred maintenance at their site, including cracks and water stains on their wallpaper, walls, ceilings, and painted floorboards.
Powder Magazine (2023)
The 2023 Museum Alliance Grant will go towards The Powder Magazine’s efforts to restore the forged iron door located on their west façade.
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