The APOYO/CCI Poster Project
A translated English/Spanish version of a poster entitled "Framework for the Preservation of Museum Collections" was distributed by SCMRE, free of charge to the membership in 1999.
The poster was developed by the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) in 1994 and contains the preventive conservation methodology developed by the Preventive Conservation Services Division of the CCI. It is used to guide an institution in the process of doing an assessment of the agents of deterioration that threaten the collections.
These agents of deterioration are ranked in descending order from the most devastating and fastest acting to the ones that will give staff more time to act. The poster also outlines the steps that must be taken to prevent the deterioration. Donations to the Library of Congress of synthetic paper by Yupo Corporation of Virginia and the printing by Reese Press of Baltimore, Maryland made this project possible.
Additional APOYO Activities
APOYO has worked closely with several organizations to make funding and travel bursaries available for qualified individuals to attend professional meetings. Over 100 professionals from Latin America have attended international conservation meetings in the USA and Canada.
The funding has been provided by the Getty Grant Program and the Getty Conservation Institute of the USA, the Vitae Foundation of Brazil, the Andes Foundation of Chile, and the Antorchas Foundation of Argentina.
APOYO has obtained funding from four important manufactures and distributors of conservation products to establish awards for Latin American institutions.
The Gaylord Award (US$1,500.00), the Metal Edge Award (US$1,500.00), the University Products Award (US$1,500.00) and The Museum Services Corporation Award (US$1,500.00) are given annually to institutions that have excelled in coping with difficult economic circumstances in caring for their collections. The awards are given in the form of material from their catalogues. The awards include the cost of transportation of the goods to the closest port or airport to the awardee.
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