Conservation Assessment Program

Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) available for disaster
assistance

Heritage Preservation is extending the deadline for 2013
Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) applications until Tuesday,
January 15, 2013. This provides an additional six weeks for museums
to complete a CAP application.

    <URL:http://www.heritagepreservation.org/CAP/application.html>

Museums that sustained damage to collections or historic structures
from Hurricane Sandy, CAP is available to conduct immediate,
emergency assessments. To qualify, museums must be located in a
federally declared disaster area. See

    <URL:http://www.fema.gov/sandy>

Museums should complete the 2013 CAP application

    <URL:http://cap.heritagepreservation.org>

and include a brief description of the damage sustained and status
of the museum's operations. Applications for CAP emergency
assessments also have a deadline of January 15, 2013. This
opportunity is being offered on a limited and one-time basis only.
CAP is administered by Heritage Preservation and funded by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services. More information is
available at

    <URL:http://eepurl.com/rMrM>

The CAP staff is here to help. If you have any questions about
emergency assessments, the application process, or CAP in general,
please visit the CAP web page

    <URL:http://heritagepreservation.org/CAP/application.html>

or contact us at cap<-at->heritagepreservation<.>org or 202-233-0800.

Kristen Overbeck Laise
Vice President, Collections Care Programs
Heritage Preservation
202-233-0824
Fax: 202-233-0807
1012 14th Street NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005


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