Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative (PCMI)

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts provides behind-the-scenes assistance to over 1,000 small and medium-sized institutions throughout Pennsylvania whose collections require ongoing maintenance and care. It will develop an online fundraising program, modeled after Kickstarter and Indiegogo, which will allow its constituents to collect private donations to pay for these conservation projects, while raising public awareness of the Conservation Center and some of the regions most noteworthy artifacts. A new initiative, Pennsylvanias 10 Most Endangered Artifacts, will offer select local institutions the opportunity to nominate objects in need of funding, such as historically significant manuscripts and artworks, 10 of which will be chosen and presented online for visitors to vote and contribute funds for their favorites.