LOUDOUN MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA

The Loudoun Museum, located in Leesburg, Virginia, collects and cares for historic artifacts and uses these to interpret the history of Loudoun County through exhibits and programs. The museum currently maintains over 5,000 objects in its collection, including Native American artifacts, furniture and silver made by Loudoun County craftsmen, Civil War artifacts, letters written by freed slaves to their former masters in Loudoun, and documents signed by George Washington and James Monroe. The Loudoun Museum is a relatively small museum located in a relatively small (population) county (Loudoun) in Virginia. Loudon County's population approximates 150,000 persons (Loudoun Museum, 2002).

An important function of the Loudoun Museum is to protect its collection of artifacts from the main causes of deterioration: light, improper relative humidity and temperature, air pollutants, improper handling, pests, poor storage, and disasters such as fire or flood. The activities of the museum require funding on a continuing basis. The Loudoun Museum must compete with other civic ventures in Loudoun County, which include several other historical-oriented activities. The major competitors for the Loudoun Museum within Loudoun County are as follows (Virginia Outdoors Foundation, 2002):

Morven Park. Located just outside of Leesburg, the Greek Revival mansion sits on 1,200 acres and is filled with Renaissance furnish

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