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SKOWHEGAN — The Skowhegan History House Museum & Research Center is one of 75 institutions from across the country that will participate in the inaugural year of a program designed to help museums improve the care of their collections.
The Collections Assessment for Preservation program, which is administered by the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artist Works, uses federal grant money that will allow two preservation professionals to spend two days studying the Skowhegan museum site and meeting with staff before preparing a comprehensive report that will identify preventive conservation priorities, according to a news release from the museum. The assessment report will help the museum prioritize its collections care efforts in the coming years, the release said.
The program will “usher in the next phase of collections care work” at the museum, officials there said.
“We are pleased to receive this CAP assessment grant because it will give us the information we need to take progressive steps to initiate additional collection protection measures as well as identify, and then find, resources to address issues relating to the History House’s physical structure,” said director Melvin Burnham in the release. He said that fits with the goals of the museum through 2025, “which are to take progressive steps to conserve and preserve the collections in its custody, including the physical structure.”
The history house and museum are in an 1839 house and attachment at 66 Elm St., and listed on the National Register for Historic Places. It offers exhibits that reflect the history of the Skowhegan area and its people. It also offers community and school-based programs and activities, as well as on-site technology enhanced exhibits, guided tours of its gardens and technology-enhanced guided walking tours of four designated Skowhegan historic areas.
The museum is open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday from June through mid-October and offers programs year-round.
