US funds Thai Binh Museum’s preservation project
US Ambassador to Vietnam David Shear has presented a grant for US$30,000 to officials of the Thai Binh Province Museum to restore and preserve a valuable collection of wooden devotional objects.
This grant was provided through the US Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation.
This restoration project will allow Nam Dinh Provincial Museum to preserve 29 red-lacquered and gold-trimmed wooden objects and to enhance the training and skill level of the museum staff.
The pieces, dating from the 17th to 19th centuries, were collected by Thai Binh Museum from many places in the province (mainly in communal houses, pagodas, temples, and shrines).
The objects not only have historical and cultural value but are also folk art pieces which reflect the culture and spiritual life of the Vietnamese people living in one of the key Red River Delta provinces.
The Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) was established by the US Department of State in 2001 to help less developed countries preserve cultural heritage and to demonstrate US respect for other cultures.
Since then, the AFCP has supported more than 650 cultural preservation projects worldwide, including ten projects in Vietnam, totaling $29 million.
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