Louisiana State Museum

The Louisiana State Museum will undertake detailed surveys of its nationally important collections of visual arts, jazz, material culture, maps and manuscripts, and costumes and textiles relating to the state of Louisiana. The resulting condition reports and treatment proposals for these artifacts will enable the museum to prioritize future treatment projects and complete a long-term preservation plan that has recently been developed. The project builds on recent activities such as buying new shelving and an upgraded HVAC system for the collections storage area designed to better protect the museum’s collections in post-Katrina New Orleans.