Oklahoma Department of Libraries

The Oklahoma Department of Libraries will partner with the Oklahoma Museums Association and the Oklahoma Historical Records Advisory Board to form the Oklahoma Cultural Heritage Trust. Over the two-year grant period, the trust will provide the services of professional conservators to assess collection care needs and develop written preservation plans for 20 organizations; provide a minimum of 60 training activities; and conduct a statewide public awareness campaign that includes a marketing campaign, two media/advocacy days, two collection care events targeted to the general public, and a program that will help raise private funds to conserve 20 endangered objects. These efforts will ensure safer conditions for Oklahoma’s cultural heritage collections, improve collections stewardship, and increase public awareness of the significance of the state’s collections.