Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation

In 2001 the Congress of the Unites States created the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation to demonstrate U.S. respect for other cultures and help countries who are struggling economically preserve their cultural heritage.

Preliminary selections for the Fund are made through Embassies in over 100 countries and final selections are made directly by the Department of State.

Proposals may include preservation projects directed at:

• A cultural site or sites,
• An object or collection of objects in a site,
• Other forms of traditional cultural expression, such as recording traditional music or dance, compiling a dictionary of an endangered language, recording oral history or traditional poetry, underwriting training to preserve traditional arts or crafts.

Projects

To date, Peru has received a total of $1,222,093 through the Ambassador’s Fund

• $29,910: Conservation of the Archaeological Collections, Sican Museum, Lambayeque,2008
• $26,514: Preservation of Cultural Patrimony in colonial churches, Arequipa, 2008
• $16,881: Conservation of the Archaeological Collection, Contisuyo Museum, Moquegua, 2008
• $30,000: Cataloguing Archaeological Collection, University of Huamanga, Ayacucho, 2007.
• $14,182: Security Plans for Cultural Heritage Sites, 2007.
• $22,575: Preventive conservation, San Marcos University Museum, Lima, 2006.
• $30,000: Restoration of Colonial Oil Paintings, Santa Catalina Monastery, 2005.
• $20,041: Renovation of Chan Chan Archaeological Site Museum, 2005.
• $25,660: Conservation of Funeral Offerings, Leymebamba Museum, 2004.
• $23,085: Preservation of Archaeological Textiles, Lima Art Museum, 2003.

In support of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Peru and the United States, the U.S. Embassy in Lima hopes to continue supporting the conservation and preservation of Peruvian cultural patrimony through successful applications to the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation. For more information on the Ambasssador's Fund please visit: http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop/afcp/index.htm.