On Friday, July 7, President Clinton announced $15 million in matching federal grants to preserve historic treasures. Grants that will help save collections include: $400,000 to the Arizona State Museum in Tuscon for saving Native American ceramics; $750,000 to the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress for preservation of audio recordings; $400,000 to the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, for a fire suppression system; and $50,000 to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, for conserving scrapbooks documenting Babe Ruth’s career. For a complete list of the grants, click here.

The 47 competitive grants are being awarded by Save America’s Treasures, a partnership of the White House Millennium Council, the National Park Service, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Heritage Preservation is an Associate Partner. Save America’s Treasures was launched in 1998 by the President and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to highlight the importance of preserving America’s heritage for future generations. These grants, administered by the Park Service, are in addition to $15 million for other projects approved for fiscal year 2000 by Congress, and $30 million awarded by Save America’s Treasures in fiscal year 1999. President Clinton has requested an additional $30 million for new grants in fiscal year 2001.

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