Daytona State Awarded Federal Grant For Photography Museum

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Daytona Beach, FL - The National Endowment for the Humanities recently awards one of their prestigious preservation grants to a local college.

The grant, known as the Preservation Assistance Grant (PAG), was given to Daytona State College, who will use the funds to improve the Southeast Museum of Photography, found on campus in the Mori Hosseini Center.

“Federally funded grants through the NEH are highly competitive and undergo a rigorous vetting process before committee review,” said James Pearson, the Southeastern Museum of Photography Director.

Grants from the NEH were awarded in 13 different categories. The PAG is designed to help institutions improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collect, including special collections of books, archives, manuscripts, prints and photos.

The NEH awarded 45 grants in this category to organizations around the country, and only 18 of those were given to colleges and universities.

Complete collection inventories are carried out every three years by Museum staff. Items in need of conservation are flagged during this review and categorized according to the urgency of conservation needs. A conservator is called in to assess objects in need of immediate conservation once this has been completed.