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GHHN Awards $88,569 Statewide for the 2026 NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Grant Program:
Preservation Supplies and Site Assessments
The NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Grant Program now offers three opportunities for collecting institutions in New York State: Conservation Treatment Grants, Preservation Supplies Grants, and Site Assessment Grants.
The 2026 NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Grant Program: Preservation Supplies and
Site Assessment Grants are administered by Greater Hudson Heritage Network, in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional funding from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation supports projects from Long Island and New York City and funding from the Coby Foundation supports dedicated textile projects.
For the 2026 grant year, 134 grant applications were received from institutions from 46 counties in New York State, requesting an aggregate of $91,818.43 in grant support. In all, 129 organizational awards totaling 88,569 for Preservation Supplies and Site Assessments were recommended for funding. The Conservation Grant Program: Preservation Supplies and Site Assessment Grant awards range from $133 to $1,000.
Of the 134 applicant institutions, 73 had a general operating budget under $300,000; 23 had budgets between $300,000 and $500,000, 10 had budgets over $501,000 but below $1 million; 23 organizations had budgets between $1 million and $6 million; and 5 had budgets above $6 million. Organizational operating budgets of the Conservation Grant Program: Preservation Supplies and Site Assessment Grant applicants span a stunning range from $3,100 to over
$20 million.
Congratulations to all the awardees!
Preservation Supplies Awardees
Alice T. Miner Museum
American Irish Historical Society
Antique Boat Museum
Art League of Long Island *
Bard College, Montgomery Place +
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Museum*
Bowne House Historical Society *
Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University
Cayuga Museum of History and Art +
Chapman Museum
Chenango County Historical Society & Museum +
Chester Historical Society
Clinton County Historical Association +
Cobblestone Society Inc.
Columbia County Historical Society and Museum +
Cortland County Historical Society
Duanesburg Historical Society +
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance *
East Hampton Historical Society *
Essex County Historical Society
Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse and Onondaga County
Fort Ticonderoga Association +
Friends of Alice Austen House Inc. *
Friends of the Sea Cliff Village Museum *
Friends of Weston Schoolhouse
Galen Historical Society +
Greater Oneonta Historical Society +
Greater Ridgewood Historical Society *
Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association *
Hallockville Museum Farm *
Hanford Mills Museum
Historic Hudson Valley
Historic Red Hook +
Historic Richmond Town *
Historical Society of Dunkirk
Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands
Historical Society of Rockland County
Historical Society of the Nyacks +
Hofstra University Museum of Art *
Holland Purchase Historical Society+
Howland Stone Store Museum +
Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway/ Burden Ironworks Museum
Hudson River Museum +
Huntington Historical Society *
Hyde Hall
Iroquois Museum
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art *
King Manor Museum *
Kingsbridge Historical Society +
LeRoy Historical Society
Lindenhurst Historical Society *
Livingston County Historical Society
Long Beach Historical and Preservation Society *+
Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation +
Minerva Historical Society +
Morris Historical Society
Museum of Arts and Design *
Museum of Chinese in America *+
Museum of Prints and Printmaking
National Comedy Center
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame +
National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House +
New Castle Historical Society +
Newfield Historical Society
Niagara County Historical Society
North Salem Historical Society +
North Shore Historical Museum +
Northport Historical Society and Museum *
Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters
Old Mentz Heritage Center
Old Westbury Gardens *
Oneida Community Mansion House
Oneida County History Center
Onondaga Historical Association
Oysterponds Historical Society *
Pan Am Museum Foundation *+
Poster House *
Raynham Hall Museum *
Reher Center for Immigrant Culture & History
Rensselaer County Historical Society (Hart Cluett Museum)
Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
Rome Historical Society
Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum *+
Salmagundi Club New York *
Saratoga County History Center
Seneca Falls Historical Society
Shaker Museum +
Somers Historical Society +
Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park
Southeast Museum
Southold Historical Museum *
St. Lawrence County Historical Association
Steel Plant Museum of Western New York
Suffolk County Historical Society *+
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum *
TATTER *+
The Strong National Museum of Play
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
Thousand Islands Arts Center ~ Home of the Handweaving Museum +
Three Village Historical Society and Museum *
Town of Gorham Historical Society +
Valley Stream Historical Society *
Walton Historical Society
Waterford Museum and Cultural Center +
Waterfront Museum & Showboat Barge
Wethersfield Foundation
Yonkers Historical Society +
Site Assessment Awardees
Bowne House Historical Society *+
Cortland County Historical Society
East Hampton Historical Society *
Gracie Mansion Conservancy *
Hallockville Museum Farm*
Historic Red Hook +
Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands
John Cage Trust
Kingsbridge Historical Society *
Niagara County Historical Society
North Salem Historical Society
Pan Am Museum Foundation *
Rome Historical Society
Smith Library of the Salmagundi Club New York *
Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park
Southeast Museum
The Greater Westhampton Historical Museum *+
The Historical Society of Rockland County +
Town of Gorham Historical Society +
Valley Stream Historical Society
Wethersfield Foundation
Yonkers Historical Society +
* Indicates additional funding from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation
+ indicates additional funding from the Coby Foundation
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