NYSCA/GHHN Grants
The 2025 Guidelines for the Conservation Treatment Grant will be updated soon - however, they will not change significantly from the 2024 Guidelines. For your planning purposes, please refer to the 2024 Guidelines.
The 2025 Guidelines for the Preservation Supplies and Site Assessment Grants are now available.
The 2025 Guidelines for the Preservation Supplies and Site Assessment Grants are now available.
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 TreatmentApplication Portal Opens: June 3, 2025
Application Deadline: September 2, 2025 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 SuppliesApplication Portal Opens: May 1, 2025
Application Deadline: June 2, 2025 Maximum Award: $650 Funding to purchase collections management supplies |
Site AssessmentApplication Portal Opens: May 1, 2025Application Deadline: June 2, 2025
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.
Click on the thumbnails above for more information, including guidelines, narrative questions, budget forms, and links to online application portal.