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When Will the Coast Guard’s Artifact Loan Program Be Restored?

Posted on 8 January 2010 by Jim Dolbow | Comments
Just one of the more than 19,000 artifacts, models and works of art maintained by the Coast Guard's Exhibit Center in Forestville, Maryland.

Just one of the more than 19,000 artifacts, models and works of art maintained by the Coast Guard's Exhibit Center in Forestville, Maryland.

From the Coast Guard Curatorial Services’ Borrowing Artifacts From the U.S. Coast Guard website:

NOTE:

At this time, Coast Guard Curatorial Services is no longer accepting artifact loan applications. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to restore the artifact loan program soon.

Does anyone have any updates?  They would be much appreciated.

Category: History, by Jim Dolbow | Comments
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  • Thanks for the news. I hope they restore the artifact loan program soon.
  • jdolbow
    Thanks so much for the update!! Good luck in reducing the backlog!
  • Jeff Bowdoin
    Jim,

    Thank you for your interest in our program. Curatorial Services actually has been processing new loans but on a severely limited basis. We have a rather extensive backlog of expired loans that we are in the process of renewing as well as a large amount of documentation and paperwork accompanies new donations and accessions into the artifact program. When this backlog is complete we plan on resuming our loan program at full capacity. I will have our webmaster change the Historian website to reflect our current limited loaning.

    Jeff Bowdoin, Collections Manager, U.S. Coast Guard Historian Office

    This is an official United States Coast Guard posting for the public's information. Our posting does not endorse this site or anything on it, including links to other sites, and we disclaim responsibility and liability for the site and its content.
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