Artifact Conservation at the University Museum of Kinshasa

$62.1K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Start Date	Jan 21, 2006
End Date	Jun 02, 2008
Duration	863 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`76935-48`

Grant Description

To support the preservation of the collections held in the Museum of the University of Kinshasa. The museum has not been funded in more than 15-years.

The project will provide a conservation assessment, better security, proper storage, and display for the collections of 10,000 prehistoric stone artifacts and 2000 ethnographic artifacts.