The NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant is an opportunity under the NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Grant Program partnership between the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHHN) that provides funds for treatment procedures to aid in stabilizing and preserving objects held in collections of museums, historical, and cultural organizations in New York State.
Donor Name: New York State Council on the Arts
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/01/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The work must be performed by, or under the direct supervision of a professional conservator. Additional funding from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation supports projects on Long Island and in New York City, and support from the Coby Foundation provides dedicated funding for textile conservation.
Funding Priorities
The NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant embraces the widest spectrum of cultural expression and artistic pluralism and encourages organizations to demonstrate a holistic and comprehensive DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and access) commitment. They believe the objects an organization choose to conserve tells a story of what is valued. The funding priorities value objects and stories that tell a more inclusive narrative of New York State. Therefore:
- The NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant will consider all eligible 3D objects for conservation, however they encourage requests for support of objects involving historically marginalized and underrepresented communities.
- For the purposes of this grant, historically marginalized and underrepresented communities may include: African American/Caribbean, Latino/Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, Native American/Indigenous; LGBTQIA and people with disabilities.
- Additionally, objects that interpret the stories of New York State are strongly encouraged for conservation.
The Foundation Funds
- Support is available for conservation treatment of paintings, works on paper (including individual drawings, watercolors, prints or photographs), textiles (including costumes, domestic textiles, and upholstery), furniture, frames, sculpture, historical, ethnographic, and decorative objects.
- Frames are an integral part of a painting and applicants must address frame condition and treatment when applying for painting conservation. Support is also available for treatment costs for supports, stands, and mounts that are integral to the treatment of the object.
- Grants will support in-state transportation costs for the objects and/or the conservators, and the cost of insurance for the work(s) to be treated.
- Requests for treatment of outdoor sculpture must include the description of an on-going maintenance program already in existence, or one to be implemented, at your institution. An engineer’s report may be required for some sculptures.
Funding Information
Individual grant awards will not exceed $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any nonprofit organization including museums, historical organizations or other cultural institutions incorporated in or registered to do business in New York State, that own, care for and exhibit collections to the public may apply. Proof of non-profit status may be requested.
- Applicant organizations must not have in-house conservation staff with expertise in the area for which support is requested.
- Projects must be performed by, or under the direct supervision of a professional conservator.
- Applicant organizations must be open to the public; by appointment only does not suffice.
- Organizations may submit only one request, which may involve a single object or a group of related objects, all owned by the applicant institution.
- Collections owned by state agencies and religious institutions are ineligible for grant support.
- Federal and municipal museums and historic sites who are interested in applying must contact the Conservation
- Treatment Grant administrator to discuss eligibility.
- Eligible institutions of all sizes are welcome to request support from this state-wide program; those with small budgets are encouraged to apply.
- If granted, funds from this program shall adhere to New York State Education Law Rules of the Board of Regents regardless of whether the applicant is a museum or not.
For more information, visit NYSCA.
