Building an Emergency Plan: A Guide for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions Source: Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) Building an Emergency Plan provides a step-by-step guide that a cultural institution can follow to develop its own emergency preparedness and response strategy. This workbook is divided into three parts that address the three groups generally responsible for […]
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dPlan: The Online Disaster-Planning Tool (NEDCC)
dPlan: The Online Disaster-Planning Tool Source: Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) dPlan is an online disaster-planning template.
Pocket Response Plan™ PReP ™ Templates
Pocket Response Plan™ PReP ™ Templates Source: COSA A template for a pocket-sized guide to emergencies for institutions and their workers in English, Spanish, and Portuguese with instructions for use.
Worksheet for Outlining a Disaster Plan (NEDCC)
Worksheet for Outlining a Disaster Plan Source: New England Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)
Conserve-O-Gram 3/5 Volcanic Ash: Cleaning Museum Objects (NPS)
Conserve-O-Gram 3/5 Volcanic Ash: Cleaning Museum Objects Source: National Park Service (NPS) The eruptions of volcanoes, such as Mount Saint Helens, that release large quantities of ash in the atmosphere can create unusual cleaning problems for museums.
Conserve-O-Gram 7/7 Emergency Treatment for Water-Soaked Furniture and Wooden Objects
Conserve-O-Gram 7/7 Emergency Treatment for Water-Soaked Furniture and Wooden Objects Source: National Park Service (NPS) Water damage to furniture and wooden objects in museum collections can occur as result og natural disasters, broken pipes, leaking roofs or the quelling of fire.
NPS Museum Handbook Part I, Museum Collections. Chapter 13: Museum Housekeeping
Museum Handbook Chapter 13: Museum Housekeeping Source: National Park Service (NPS) Information in this chapter will help you to: understand the importance of museum housekeeping identify the elements of museum housekeeping write a Museum Housekeeping Plan find additional sources of information
Conserve-O-Gram 4/10 Determining Museum Storage Equipment Needs
Conserve-O-Gram 4/10 Determining Museum Storage Equipment Needs Source: National Park Service (NPS) This Conserve-O-Gram will guide you in making a reasonable determination of your collection storage equipment requirements.
Conserve-O-Gram 4/11 Determining Museum Storage Space Requirements
Conserve-O-Gram 4/11 Determining Museum Storage Space Requirements Source: National Park Service (NPS) This Conserve-O-Gram will guide you in making an estimate of your storage space requirements.
Criteria for Selecting Housing Materials for Photographs
Criteria for Selecting Housing Materials for Photographs Source: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) These criteria address chemical and physical qualities and should be applied to all housing and storage formats made of paper or paperboard (sleeves, folders, mat boards, boxes, interleaving, etc.) and plastic products and how to choose appropriate housing materials […]
