Mercer Museum

Mercer Museum will rehouse and relocate 60 oil-on-canvas paintings, 700 historical medical instruments, and 750 African tools and cultural artifacts to the museum's secure and environmentally stable offsite Collections Storage and Study Center (CSSC). The museum will hire a project assistant; purchase materials, supplies, shelving, and cabinet storage units; digitally photograph each artifact and artwork; and update inventory and location information in the museum's collections management database. Project staff will consult with two professional conservators who will advise on the rehousing and relocation plan and will prepare collection-level condition summaries, including prioritized recommendations for future examinations and treatments, for each of the groups of objects to be moved. This project represents not only the final stage of a major 15-year collections storage initiative, but also an important component in the museum's commitment to storing its most sensitive collections in the best possible environmental conditions and to providing improved public access through digital photography and enhancements to online catalogue records.