Collections Preservation Project Update

July 7, 2010

Despite the heat, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Collections Preservation project moves forward.

Here's what is happening this week:

• Wall framing and electrical installation in the vault
• Paint the vault floor
• Onsite meeting with preservation project team

The project, designated and funded as a “We the People” project by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is also supported by funding from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; a  Save America’s Treasures award from the National Park Service; and United Technologies Corporation. The “We the People” designation recognizes the project as critical to the study, teaching and understanding of American history and culture.