Preservation Long Island

Preservation Long Island will undertake an assessment of its inventory practices to improve collections management procedures for its historic sites. Utilizing Joseph Lloyd Manor and its collection as a pilot site, the museum will contract with a museum services firm to conduct a workflow assessment, develop inventory and staffing plans, and support staff in testing new procedures. After testing is completed, the museum will hire a temporary collections assistant to employ the new protocols in inventorying collections at other Preservation Long Island sites. The project will result in an inventory manual, increased organizational knowledge of requisite staff capacity for routine collection inventories, and greater public access to objects related to the regional material culture of New York.