Preserving the past Grant will help Ninepipes Museum assess and conserve collection

The Ninepipes Museum

In December, the staff of the Ninepipes Museum learned the facility had won a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The “Preservation Assistance for Small Institutions” grant of $5,775 allowed the museum to contract with Pat Roath of Specialty Museum Services in Kalispell to conduct a preservation assessment of its 2,000-plus objects. Some of those objects are on loan to the museum.

Amy Webster is project director and collections manager for the Ninepipes Museum, which is housed in a building that also includes a gift shop.

“The grant is a really unique opportunity to bring in a professional who can assess what we’re doing to care for the collection and tell us how we can do better,” Webster said.