The L.C. Bates Museum will use its grant to treat the museum's early 20th-century habitat diorama created by the American Impressionist Charles D. Hubbard (1876-1951). The diorama depicts Kennebec River Valley and indigenous mammals. Part of the grant will also be used for a workshop, "Dirt and Dust: What to Do and What Not to Do," which will be taped and broadcast on local television.