Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation
Signing the Livre d_Or 350.jpg Url: http://photos.state.gov/libraries/congo/76240/cultural-preservation-grant-natioal-museum-11222011/Signing the Livre d_Or 350.jpg Caption: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ambassador’s Fund has supported projects at the National Ethnological Museum and the University of Kinshasa, among other institutions, to protect their collections and to preserve Congolese culture. The fund has also sponsored efforts to preserve the traditional music of the Pygmy people.
AMB Inspects a Mask 350.jpg Url: http://photos.state.gov/libraries/congo/76240/cultural-preservation-grant-natioal-museum-11222011/AMB Inspects a Mask 350.jpg Caption: : This year’s AFCP grant provided $24,500 to renovate Annex E and to preserve and store the objects contained within.
AMB and Pam tour the Museum350.jpg Url: http://photos.state.gov/libraries/congo/76240/cultural-preservation-grant-natioal-museum-11222011/AMB and Pam tour the Museum350.jpg Caption: : The National Museum Institute of the Congo, located in the commune of Ngaliema, was opened in 1970. Although the institute has a collection of over 45,000 objects, it does not currently have the structures necessary to preserve or display them.