Description
The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) supports the preservation of cultural heritage in less developed countries. The program aims to preserve historic buildings, archaeological sites, museum objects and collections, and forms of traditional expression such as indigenous languages and music. Eligible applicants include foreign educational institutions, foreign organizations, foreign public entities, U.S. non-profit organizations, and U.S. institutions of higher education. The program provides funding for projects that support the preservation of cultural heritage, with award amounts ranging from $10,000 to $500,000. The project duration can be up to 60 months.
Some key project activities may include:
• Anastylosis (reassembling a site from its original parts)
• Conservation (addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site)
• Consolidation (connecting or reconnecting elements of an object or site)
• Documentation (recording in analog or digital format the condition and salient features of an object, site, or tradition)
• Inventory (listing of objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristic or state)
• Preventive Conservation (addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition)
• Restoration (replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, usually appropriate only with fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings)
• Stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site)