Collections Preservation Project Update

July 12, 2010

Our Collections Manager reports that:

• the vault floor painting is complete -fire engine red!
• new plumbing work has begun
• installation of fire protection & detection system piping is starting

The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Collections Preservation project, designated and funded as a “We the People” project by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is also supported by funding from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; a  Save America’s Treasures award from the National Park Service; and United Technologies Corporation. The “We the People” designation recognizes the project as critical to the study, teaching and understanding of American history and culture. 

Architectural, engineering and project services are provided by the internationally recognized firm, Watson & Henry Associates of Bridgeton, NJ.  Bartlett Brainard Eacott of Bloomfield, CT is the contractor.