Risk Evaluation and Planning Program
Eligibility
The Risk Evaluation and Planning Program (REPP) is a pilot project developed by Heritage Preservation and funded with a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. REPP provides each participating institution with an evaluation of risks to its collections, both natural and man-made; recommendations to mitigate these risks; and assistance in creating or updating an emergency plan.
Click on a subject below for more information, and download the one-page at-a-glance program guide for reference.
All types of museums are eligible for the program, including aquariums, arboretums and botanical gardens, art museums, youth museums, general museums (having two or more significant disciplines), historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums (limited to a single distinct subject), and zoological parks.
To participate in the Risk Evaluation and Planning Program, an applicant must be a museum that:
- is a permanent institution dedicated to essentially educational or aesthetic purposes;
- cares for and owns or uses tangible objects, whether animate or inanimate, and exhibits these objects on a regular basis through facilities it owns or operates;
- has at least one professional staff member or the full-time equivalent, whether paid or unpaid, whose responsibilities relate solely to the museum’s administration and operations;
- is open and providing museum services to the general public on a regular basis (a museum that exhibits objects to the public for at least 90 days a year fulfills this requirement);
- can have its facilities evaluated in a two-day site visit;
- is a unit of state or local government or a private nonprofit institution (federal institutions are not eligible);
- is located in Mississippi, Ohio, or Texas.
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The Risk Evaluation and Planning Program was developed by Heritage Preservation and funded with a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |