Shelburne Museum

The Shelburne Museum will provide mid-career on-the-job training for a staff conservator and an advanced internship for a recent conservation graduate in folk art conservation. The intern will assist in the conservation of 27 painted folk art panels from the museum's rare intact 1902 carousel built by the Gustav A. Dentzel Carousel Company, and a 1920's Artizan Factories carousel organ. This grant will also help to design, fabricate, and mount an exhibit on the conservation of the 900-piece hand-carved Arnold Circus Parade, the Dentzel carousel animals and rounding boards, and the Artizan Factories carousel organ. Preventive conservation actions taken throughout the museum's 27 collections buildings will also be highlighted and explained.