Previous Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts Honorees
Previous Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts Honorees
The Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts program identifies significant, endangered artifacts at libraries, archives, and museums throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and Washington DC on an annual basis.
Top 10 Endangered Artifacts are kept on the "endangered" list until which time the threat to the artifact has been resolved.
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Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts Honorees for 2023
For the 2020 program, we invited collecting institutions in Virginia and DC to nominate artifacts related to underrepresented communities to highlight the broad diversity of the collections found in Virginia’s museums and to share and celebrate our communities' lesser-known stories, accomplishments, and struggles. After a professional review by the selection committee of partner organizations - Library of Virginia, Preservation Virginia, Virginia Conservation Association, and Virginia Department of Historic Resources - the following ten unique artifacts were selected as this year's Honorees.
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Top 10 Status Report
(updated as we learn of new information about our previous honorees)*
Organization |
Top 10 Year |
Artifact |
Status |
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Booker T. Washington National Monument |
2011 |
Photographs with cellulose nitrate negatives, 1957-1984 |
Film is currently being conserved in a freezer. |
|
Hermitage Museum & Gardens |
2011 |
Korean 18thcentury Sakyamuni Triad silk tapestry |
Repatriated back to Korea and is currently being conserved. Future plans include public display. |
|
Klug-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia |
2011 |
Yolngu Bark Painting by Narritjin Maymuru, depicting Djarrakpi Story (Indonesian Trader Ship) |
Currently being conserved and will be on display at UVA soon. |
|
The Mariners’ Museum |
2011 |
USS Monitor’s Revolving Gun Turret |
Currently in conservation. An estimated 18 years of work needs to be completed. Fundraising is needed. |
|
Virginia Museum of Transportation |
2011 |
Norfolk & Western SD45 Diesel Locomotive #1776 |
Received $10,000 grant fromTrains Magazinetoward improvements to Locomotive #1776 thanks to its People’s Choice recognition. |
|
Warren Rifles Confederate Memorial Museum |
2011 |
Confederate Battle Flag of Co. B, 6thVA Cavalry |
Artifact has been conserved and is on display. |
|
The Fairfield Foundation |
2012 |
Ware Neck Store Sales Receipts; c. 1870s-1930s |
Documents cleaned and placed in proper storage. Artifacts scanned by VCU’s Virtual Curation Laboratory. Experts are assisting with the project. |
|
Salem Museum |
2012 |
Records of African-American Midwife, Georgianna Saunders; c. 1916-1940 |
Records being transcribed and put in a database. People delivered by Georgianna Saunders have contacted the museum. |
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Tudor Place Historic House & Garden |
2012 |
George Washington’s Revolutionary War Camp Stool; c. 1776 |
Conserved by the Historic Trades Department of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, through a collaborative research project with the Museum of the American Revolution in association with Tudor Place. |
|
Wilton House Museum |
2012 |
Waistcoat of Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood; c. 18thcentury |
Artifact is currently being conserved. |
|
MacArthur Memorial |
2013 |
World War II Filipino and U.S. Guerilla Unit Flag, c. 1940s |
Thanks to the support of a generous donor, the flag has been conserved and is on view! |
|
St. John’s Church Foundation |
2013 |
Reverend Robert Rose Monument, 1751 |
St. John's oldest visible grave marker has been conserved! and will be dedicated on the anniversary of Rose's death on June 30, 2017. |