US gives $116,000 grant to Nigeria for preservation of cultural heritage

The American Embassy in Abuja has donated the sum of $116, 000 for the preservation of Nigeria’s cultural heritage.

The grant was issued through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation program [and]  will enable the institutions to improve the storage areas for the collections in 10 Nigerian museums. In his remarks, Ambassador Symington [...]  called on Nigerians to take charge of preserving their past. [...] This reorganization project (RE-ORG Nigeria) will train staff from 10 partner museums to prepare storage facilities to accept new objects, preserve existing ones, and make artifacts available for exhibitions.

The MOU should have made provision for the loan of selected items to US museums to look after and allow for a certain number of items from those overcrowded stores to reach the market where they can be acquired for preservation and display by collectors where they can be seen and appreciated by a wider public.