Programs and Events
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
- 2001 - Conservation Equipment
- 2003 - Conservation and Valorization Project of Lima Art Museum Precolombian Textile Collection
- 2004 - Museography & Conservation
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.