National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum will improve the management and care of its collection of objects that document American mining history. Informed by a recent Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) report, project activities will include purchasing and installing new display cases, storage shelves, blackout window blinds, and tools for environmental monitoring of the collection space. The project will result in environmentally monitored collections spaces that will enable the museum to collect temperature and humidity levels for the first time in the museum’s history. With the addition of blackout blinds in all the collections spaces, the objects will no longer be at risk of light damage and the objects’ storage in more stable conditions will better preserve them for future generations.