Institute of Museum and Library Services Conservation Forum, “Stewardship of America’s Legacy: Answering the Call to Action” Set for June 16, 17 in Buffalo, NY
Washington, DC"A national initiative designed to save the nation’s at-risk museum and library collections brings its message to Buffalo, New York, June 16-17, 2009 when the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) presents “Stewardship of America’s Legacy: Answering the Call to Action” at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Burchfield Penney Art Center. The forum, organized in cooperation with Heritage Preservation, gives special attention to collections held in small and medium-sized museums, libraries, and archives.
(Media-Newswire.com) - Washington, DC—A national initiative designed to save the nation’s at-risk museum and library collections brings its message to Buffalo, New York, June 16-17, 2009 when the Institute of Museum and Library Services ( IMLS ) presents “Stewardship of America’s Legacy: Answering the Call to Action” at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Burchfield Penney Art Center. The forum, organized in cooperation with Heritage Preservation, gives special attention to collections held in small and medium-sized museums, libraries, and archives.
A national effort, IMLS’s Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action, is a multi-year, multi-faceted leadership initiative. The Buffalo event is the final of a series of meetings in four US cities held in 2008 and 2009. The meetings have been designed to raise awareness among leaders of small and mid-sized museums and libraries about the importance of collections care and to give them practical information, tools, and resources to inspire action nationwide.
“Stewardship of America’s Legacy: Answering the Call to Action” will explore how committed individuals, ranging from small town librarians to directors of national conservation training programs, can work together to improve collections care and to inspire and inform others, be it nationally or within their own communities. Speakers will address ways to make the case for funding, cutting-edge collections care topics, using networks to tap into expertise, and engaging the public in sustaining our nation’s collections.
Participation in the conference is free of charge and open to representatives of museums, libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions. On line registration is required at www.imls.gov/collections.
IMLS is hosting this forum in cooperation with Heritage Preservation, the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, and the Art Conservation Department of Buffalo State College, State University of New York.
Keynoting the event will be Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, a national leader in collections care. The forum has received support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Carol A. Fatta, Fatta Foundation, the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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