Congratulations to these 2007 Conservation Treatment Grant Recipients:

The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie , Canajoharie (Montgomery County)  $7500 
For conservation treatment of a 1784 oil Portrait of Sir John Temple by Trumbull, and its gilded frame; work to be done by conservators Michael Heslip and Hugh P. Glover of Williamstown Art Conservation Center.

Leo Baeck Institute , New York (New York County)     $2800
For conservation of three 19^th century pastel portraits; treatment to be done by paper conservator Michelle Gewirtz.

Big Springs Historical Society & Museum , Caledonia (Livingston County)  $5625
For conservation of 18 printed Broadsides; work to be done by paper conservator Gary E. Albright.

Brooklyn Historical Society , Brooklyn (Kings County)    $3475
For conservation of five 17^th century sepia ink drawings of early New York by Jasper Danckaerts; treatment to be carried out by Jonathan Derow of J.D. Conservation, Inc.

Cayuga Museum of History & Art , Auburn (Cayuga County)   $6682
For conservation treatment of a mid-19^th century oil portrait of The Beardsley Children; work to be done by paintings conservator Susan Blakney of West Lake Conservators.

Cayuga-Owasco Lakes Historical Society , Moravia (Cayuga County)  $6090
For conservation of the Grange Theatre Curtain; treatment to be done by Susan Blakney, Diane Falvey, Margaret Sutton and John Sutton of West Lake Conservators, Ltd.

Genesee Country Village & Museum , Mumford (Monroe County)    $4356
For treatment of the 1830 oil portrait of Polly Smith by itinerant artist Edwin Weyburn Goodwin; conservation work to be done by Susan Blakney, John Sutton and Diane Falvey of West Lake Conservators, Ltd.

Godwin-Ternbach Museum , Queens College, Flushing (Queens County) $7500
For conservation of two Rococco oil paintings by Nicolas Lancret, and their frames; work to be done by paintings conservator Alexander Katlan.

The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame , Goshen (Orange County) $4620
For treatment of the equine painting Great Eastern, by John McAuliffe; work to be done by paintings conservator Alexander Katlan.

Huguenot Historical Society , New Paltz (Ulster County)    $7386
For conservation treatment of 5 needlepoint samplers and their mounts; work to be done by textile conservator Gwen Spicer of Spicer Art Conservation.

The Hyde Collection , Glens Falls (Warren County)      $2556
For treatment of needlepoint covers on a pair of Louis XV carved armchairs; to be done by textile conservator Gwen Spicer of Spicer Art Conservation.

Jefferson County Historical Society , Watertown (Jefferson County)   $3173
For conservation of a frame for the oil portrait of Olive Paddock; treatment to be done by Diane Falvey of West Lake Conservators, Ltd.

LeRoy Historical Society , LeRoy (Genesee County)     $2244
For conservation treatment of the 19^th century oil painting Dr. John Cleveland in his Carriage, and its frame; work to be done by Diane Falvey of West Lake Conservators.

Museum of Jewish Heritage , New York (New York County)   $4758
For conservation of two iron fur flesher blades, with case and mount; treatment to be done by objects conservator Linda Niewenhuizen; case by Geiger Mountmaking.

The Pleasant Valley Library , Pleasant Valley (Dutchess County)    $7500
For conservation treatment of a silk embroidered picture of the ship Sarah Hignett; work to be done by Karen Nelson Clark, Mary Kaldany and Patsy Orlofsky of the Textile Conservation Workshop.

Schenectady County Historical Society , Schenectady (Schenectady County) $7180
For conservation of the 19^th century Samuel Sexton painting Schenectady Massacre; treatment to be done by paintings conservator Tom Branchick of Williamstown Art Conservation Center.

Smithtown Historical Society , Smithtown (Suffolk County)   $2943
For conservation of the 1866 Shepard Alonzo Mount oil painting Portraits of Bessie Spring Smith and Ella Batavia Smith; treatment to be done by paintings conservator Alexander Katlan.

Southold Historical Society , Southold (Suffolk County)    $4470
For conservation of two 1830's needlework samplers; treatment to be done by textile conservator Patsy Orlofsky of the Textile Conservation Workshop.

Southworth Library Association , Dryden (Tompkins County)   $6559
For conservation of oil portrait paintings: Jennie McGraw Fiske and John Ellis, King of Dryden; treatment to be done by Susan Blakney, John Sutton and Margaret Sutton of West Lake Conservators, Ltd.

Staten Island Historical Society , Staten Island (Richmond County)  $4500
For conservation of four pieces of children's wicker furniture (1815-1930); treatment to be done by conservator Cornelis L. Van Horne of Fine Wood Conservation, Ltd.

Waterford Historical Museum & Cultural Center , Waterford (Saratoga County)  $7413
For conservation of the 19^th c. "I.N. Eddy, Waterford, NY" schoolboy's leather trunk with case and mount; to be done by Gwen Spicer of Spicer Art Conservation.

Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association , Malone (Franklin County)   $1650
For conservation treatment of an 1866 hand-woven wool shawl; work to be done by textile conservator Gwen Spicer of Spicer Art Conservation.

The Conservation Treatment Grant Program of Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies & Museums Is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.