NYSCA/GHHN Grants

The NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Grant Program is made possible with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of The Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional funding from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation supports projects from Long Island and New York City. This statewide program now offers three opportunities for collecting institutions in New York State.

Conservation Treatment

Application Portal Opens: June 1, 2024
Application Deadline: September 3, 2024
Maximum Award: $7,500
Support for treatment procedures by professional conservators to aid in stabilizing and preserving objects in collections of museums, historical, and cultural organizations in New York State

Preservation Supplies

Application Portal Opens: May 1, 2024
Application Deadline: May 31, 2024
Maximum Award: $650
Funding to purchase collections management supplies

Site Assessment 

Application Portal Opens: May 1, 2024
​Application Deadline: May 31, 2024
Maximum Award: $1,000
For a half-day site visit by a collections consultant to discuss specific areas of stewardship, including identifying collections issues and prioritizing basic steps to improve the care of your collections, followed by a written report

Organizations may apply to all three opportunities in the same year. Requests for conservation treatment, preservation supplies, or site assessments for library or archival collections or materials (i.e., books, ledgers, log books, letters, loose photograph storage, scrapbooks, newspapers, ephemera, maps, or any item primarily used for informational/research value) are ineligible. Please visit the New York State Library's Conservation/Preservation Program webpage to learn more about available opportunities for conservation and preservation of library and archival materials: www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/cp/index.html

Click on the thumbnails above for more information, including guidelines, narrative questions, budget forms, and links to online application portal.