Equipment/Facilities-Legacy
ACHF Arts Access
We have four major goals: One: Create museum gallery level quality lighting with a CRI of 85-100. Two: Reduce the UV damaging light levels to the artwork and collection items to preserve them for future generations. Three: To increase our energy efficiency and cut down on wasteful use of electricity. Four: To increase the visitation to the Les C. Kouba Art Gallery and educate the public on the use of light and its effects on artwork. To measure the achievement of goal number one and two listed above, the Museum Executive Director will check out the Minnesota Historical Society's Environmental Test Kit that is available for use by small museums who do not own this equipment. The Director will take UVR and CRI readings before and after the installation of the new lighting to show the improvement in both. To measure the achievement of goal number three, the Museum Treasurer will do a comparison spreadsheet showing the electrical consumption and costs before the new more energy efficient lighting install and after. To measure he achievement of number four, the Museum will record the number of guests who attended the Grand Re-Opening of the art gallery and a survey of the number of guest visiting the gallery for the remainder of the grant period.
Not all of the Evaluations have been done to-date, but the following are being analyzed: 1-Reduction in Electrical bill costs. 2-CRI tests at Museum Standards. 3-UV Light level readings above Museum Standards Evaluation means 1 has not been determined yet, as we are hoping to use an annual cost analysis to show this improvement in our annual costs. 2 and 3 listed above have both proven to be in Museum Standard ranges, with the UV light levels at above Museum Standards.
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