Implementation of Phase II of the project "Preventive Conservation of the Collections of the National Museum of BiH" began at the end of 2019. Funds in the amount of $ 425,000.00 (765,000.00 BAM) were again secured from the Special Fund of US Ambassadors for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, that is from the U.S. Department of State. The project is being implemented by the Commission to Preserve National Monuments. The main objective of Phase II is to improve the resilience of all four buildings of the Museum Pavilion to the risks of fire, floods and negative environmental impacts, with the aim of safeguarding collections and preserving over three million artifacts.

National Museum is the institution whose building represents the first purpose-designed museum during the Austro-Hungarian period in this part of the world, designed by Karl Parzik in the Neo-Renaissance style.

Through the activities of the Preventive Conservation Project of the Collections of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, anachronous electrical, plumbing and drainage installations will be systematically upgraded, and flat roofs and joinery will be repaired. In addition, as a part of improving the electrical installations, a redesign of the Museum's lighting concept is planned, following thecontemporary trends, which will present an additional step in line with the avant-garde tradition of the institution. Preparatory activities for the commencement of works are ongoing, such as the preparation of project and technical documentation and the implementation of biddings procedures.

In order to realize the significance of this venture, it is enough look back two years ago, when the flames swallowed nearly 20 million artifactsin the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, and this was exactly the time when this institution concluded a financing agreement for the prevention of fires in the building of the Museum. The flood of 1966 caused irreparable damage to the cultural and historical treasure of Florence, when as many as 15 museums were damaged. The Capitoline Museums collection inPalazzo of the Conservators in Rome was also damaged after the flood in 1997.All these damages would have been far less or would not have happened had the effective preventive measures been applied previously.