Workshop on security

Collections at risk: safeguarding our cultural heritage

A one-day ICOM / ICMS workshop on museum security to be held at
Trinity College Dublin 20June, The Hunt Museum Limerick 22June and
the Museum of Country Life Castlebar 24June 2011.

The programme includes:

    Opening and Welcome address
    Willem Hekman
    Chair of ICMS, Susan Bioletti, Keeper of Preservation and
    Conservation, Trinity College library

    Irish Collections at Risk and Some Solutions!
    Hugh Maguire
    Director, The Hunt Museum, Limerick

    Risk analysis
    Willem Hekman
    Chair of ICMS, Canada

    The ideal museum
    Michael John
    Technical Managing Director, State Art Collections Dresden,
    Germany

    Terrorist threats for museums and cultural institutions
    Serge Bercovici
    Safety and Security Consulting engineer of Haifa Municipality,
    Israel

    Training of museum security personnel
    Dick Drent
    Head of Security, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Technical implementation of museum security
    Hans-Juergen Harras
    Head of Security, State Museum of Berlin, Germany

    Impact of water damage on museum collections
    Michael John
    Technical Managing Director, State Art Collections Dresden,
    Germany

    To be confirmed
    Herb Lottier
    Director of Protection Services Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA

    Cultural relic mobile security assessment
    Tian Kai
    Vice-Director
    Henan Museum Zhengzhou, Henan, China

This programme, along with the registration form, is available at

    <URL:http://www.tcd.ie/Library/preservation/>

Susan Bioletti
Keeper of Preservation and Conservation
Trinity College Library
College St.
Dublin 2
+353 1 896 2203


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