VIAHEALTH ARCHIVES CONSORTIUM TO PARTICIPATE IN HERITAGE PRESERVATION'S CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT

Heritage Preservation has announced that ViaHealth Archives Consortium has been chosen to participate in the 2007 Conservation Assessment Program (CAP). The ViaHealth Archives Consortium joins the 2,400 museums that have participated in CAP since the program began in 1990.
Heritage Preservationís CAP is supported through a cooperative agreement with the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Sciences. CAP assists museums by providing funds for professional conservation specialists to identify the conservation needs of their collections and recommend ways to correctly improve their condition. Heritage Preservationís President, Lawrence L. Reger, praised the ViaHealth Archives Consortium for ìmaking the vital work of caring for collections and sites a priority at their institution and helping ensure that they are available to present and future generations.î
CAP provides a general conservation assessment of a museumís collections. A professional conservator will spend two days surveying the site and three days writing a comprehensive report that will identify conservation priorities. The on-site consultation will enable to ViaHealth Archives Consortium to evaluate its current collections care policies, procedures, and environmental conditions. The assessment report will help the museum make appropriate improvements for the immediate, mid-range and long-range care of its collections. The ViaHealth Archives Consortium expects to upgrade their storage methods and area as well as develop a long-term preservation place and pursue collection care grants based on the conservatorís report provided by CAP.
The ViaHealth Archives Consortium is located at 333 Humboldt Street and specializes in the preservation of healthcare history in Rochester, specifically focusing on the Rochester General and Genesee Hospitals and their associated organizations. It is open Monday through Friday, 9AM ñ 4PM and by appointment. The ViaHealth Archives is currently featuring exhibits on the history of Rochester General and The Genesee Hospital, as well as exhibits on John D. States, MD and His Inventions, the Stromberg-Carlson Building, the History of the Syringe and How Nurses Spent their Personal Time Off (1880 ñ 1923). It also sponsors art exhibits open to all ViaHealth employees as well as their family members; the current installation, Visible Silence, features the work of photographer Mary Criddle.

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