July 5 to 10, the Tuscan Wine Treasures program visits producers of Chianti Classico, Montalcino and Montepulciano.
New York City Ballet's "Russian Treasures" program of works choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Tchaikovsky embodies important City Ballet history.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston has received $150,000 from the federal Save America's Treasures program to help preserve about 100 of Jacqueline Kennedy's White House albums.
There is already $750,000 in public money in hand, drawn from the Save America's Treasures program, which is underwritten by Congress.
In 2000 the national Save America's Treasures program provided a matching grant of $400,000, and construction was under way by the end of that year.
"It's a big, beautiful store," said Delores Williams, director of the Treasures program, noting that the two other stores are smaller.
The project has attracted major funding: The Grammy Foundation, the Save America's Treasures program and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, among others, have provided support.
The federal government has also helped the cause by naming the collection an "American treasure," a designation by the Save America's Treasures program that will help it receive recognition and financial support.
In 1999 the park service was awarded a $1.15 million grant from the national Save America's Treasures program, which was matched with state funds from New Jersey, to restore the exterior of the Ferry Building.
In addition, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman helped obtain a $200,000 grant from the federal Save America's Treasures program, and there were $100,000 gifts from the local Seherr-Thoss fromdanion anonymousan anonymous donor.
The "Save Our African American Treasures" program he established features daylong workshops where participants work with conservation specialists and historians to learn about identifying and preserving items of historical value.
