Preservation of Niani Artifacts in the National Museum of Guinea

$173.2K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Guinea
Start Date	Nov 15, 2009
End Date	Dec 26, 2012
Duration	1,137 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77231-48`

Grant Description

To support the inventory and conservation of artifacts at the National Museum of Guinea recovered from the site of Niani, the 13th-century capital of the Mali Empire.

The current collection storage environment is inadequate and contributing to the deterioration of the artifacts, which number in the thousands.

This project includes a conservation needs assessment, improvements to the collections storage environment, and other preventive conservation measures.