Kentucky Horse Park

The Kentucky Horse Park will address conservation and environmental concerns pertaining to the care of the collection of equestrian artifacts at their International Museum of the Horse. The museum will hire an objects conservator who specializes in leather conservation, and five conservation technicians who will treat leather artifacts damaged by mold. Throughout the project, staff will rehouse objects and update relevant object data and photo documentation in the collections database. The project will improve the environment in which these collections are housed through the use of air filtration devices and cleaning of the collections storage space. Conservation treatments will stabilize objects in the collection so that they can then be utilized for future exhibition, programming, and research purposes as well as for loans to other museums. This award was originally made to Kentucky Horse Park Foundation and was transferred to the Kentucky Horse Park in February /2023.