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NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR
VIRGINIA'S TOP 10 ENDANGERED ARTIFACTS 2014 COMPETITION
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 Richmond, VA - The Virginia Association of Museums (www.vamuseums.org) is pleased to announce the nominated artifacts for the 2014 Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts program.
The public is invited to vote for their favorite endangered artifact
and may also donate toward their conservation starting August 4th.
Having received the most nominations to date with nearly 40 entries from
across the Commonwealth of Virginia and Washington, D.C., the 2014
program is due to be exciting. Access the full list of 2014 nominees here.
Magnificent
regalia of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, haunting Civil War era graffiti, a
1930s German Box Car, and the tombstone of the founder of Virginia Tech
are but a few of the outstanding items nominated this year. Whether a
museum, historic house, library, or historical society, there are a vast
array of collecting institutions working to maintain our communities'
treasures, and this care can be time-consuming and expensive. The Top 10
program helps bring awareness to the efforts museum professionals put
forth daily as stewards of our history, culture and heritage. It also
provides an easy opportunity for the public to get engaged by voting for
their favorite artifact.
The public is invited to take part by casting their votes in an online voting poll at www.vatop10artifacts.org. Those wishing to make a lasting impact can also make a donation to the conservation of any of the 36 nominated artifacts.
The final Top 10 Honorees will be selected by an independent review
panel of collections and conservation experts and will be announced on
September 9.
"This is the fourth year of our program, and we are so proud of the
results that we are already seeing," says Jennifer Thomas, executive
director. "Each year we have more public involvement in our online
voting, more objects being nominated, and more past honorees being
conserved and saved. The program is definitely fulfilling its mission to
raise awareness of the work museums do every day to care for the
objects under their protection."
The timeline for the program is as follows:
- August 4 - 23, 2014:
Online voting takes place. The public may vote for their favorite
endangered objects and make a donation toward conservation at: www.vatop10artifacts.org. Voting closes at midnight, EST, on August 23.
- September 9, 2014: The Virginia Association of Museums will announce Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts Honorees for 2014.
Please visit www.vatop10artifacts.org for updated information and a list of nominees. Photographs available upon request.
Virginia's Top 10
Endangered Artifacts is a project of the Virginia Association of Museums
and was originally funded through an Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) Connecting to Collections Statewide Implementation
Grant. The program has been replicated in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, North
Carolina, and Colorado due to its success.
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The Virginia Association
of Museums serves as the resource network of the Virginia and
Washington, DC museum community through education, technical assistance,
and advocacy. Find out more by visiting www.vamuseums.org.
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