Workshop on emergency preparedness and response

The Foundation of the American Institute for
Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
presents

Emergency Planning and Mitigation Strategies for Historic Sites
Filoli, Woodside, California
Monday, January 23, 2012

Cost: $25 (includes refreshments, handouts, and lunch)

Audience: Anyone responsible for stewardship of collections in a
museum, library, archive, or historic site should attend

Instructors:  Mary Jo Davis, assisted by Margaret E. Geiss-Mooney

This one-day workshop will cover practical ways that you can prepare
your museum for future emergencies.  Whether you are at risk for a
flood, hurricane, earthquake, or a leaking roof, there are important
steps you can take now, through planning and mitigation strategies,
to protect your collections and buildings.  Anyone responsible for
stewardship of collections in a museum, library, archive, or
historic site should attend.

A lead trainer from the American Institute for Conservation
Collections Emergency Response Team (AIC-CERT) and an AIC-CERT team
member from your region will lead presentations, discussions, and
interactive exercises to help you build knowledge and tools to
prepare for emergencies.

Small institutions will gain valuable knowledge of disaster
preparedness and response and will also establish a relationship
with a regional AIC-CERT team member before an incident occurs. The
program will include an overview of risk assessment and mitigation,
emergency planning, and salvage of damaged materials.

Topics will include

    Risk Assessment and Mitigation
    Emergency Planning
    Conducting a Response
    Drying Techniques
    Setting Salvage Priorities
    Locating and Using Emergency Resources

Register online at <URL:http://www.conservation-us.org/courses>, or
contact courses<-a t->conservation-us< . >org for more information.

This program is presented by the Foundation of the American
Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, in
partnership with Filoli and the National Trust for Historic
Preservation (NTHP).  This program is funded in part by a grant from
the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

About the instructors

    Mary Jo (MJ) Davis is a conservator in private practice in
    Vermont, specializing in the treatment of paper.  She is a
    graduate of the Art Conservation program at State University
    College of Buffalo and has a Certificate in Advanced Study in
    Art Conservation from the Straus Center for Conservation at
    Harvard University.  She was one of the trainers for the
    AIC-CERT emergency response training, as well as for FAIC's
    course on wet salvage.  Ms. Davis has presented a variety of
    workshops for the Vermont Collections Care Program for the past
    eight years, and collaborated on a FAIC-funded Regional Angels
    project carried out at the Norwich Historical Society located in
    Norwich, Vermont. She is one of the conservators working on the
    Vermont Hand-Painted Theater Curtain project funded through Save
    America's Treasures.

    Margaret (Meg) Geiss-Mooney is a conservator in private practice
    in Petaluma, California, specializing in the treatment of
    textiles, costumes and costume accessories, since 1979.  She has
    a B.S. degree in Textiles from the University of California,
    Davis and has completed coursework for a M.S. degree, also in
    Textiles. She is a member of the AIC Collections Emergency
    Response Team. She taught workshops throughout the West on the
    care of costume and costume accessory collections in 2011,
    emphasizing low-cost and low-tech solutions."

Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic
and Artistic Works

Emergency Planning and Mitigation Strategies for Historic Sites MJ
Davis and Barbara Moore, Instructors

Preliminary Program

Risk Assessment and Mitigation

    How to assess your risks
    Practicum
    Mitigation: methods of protecting sites and collections

Emergency Planning

    Review content of a disaster plan
    How to practice your plan
    Practicum

The Response Phase

    What to expect: health and safety issues
    Working with first responders
    Re-entry, damage assessment, and documentation
    Stabilizing the environment

Salvage Basics: Drying Techniques

    Dehumidification
    Air drying
    Vacuum freeze drying
    Vacuum thermal drying

Setting Salvage Priorities

    Curatorial priorities
    Priorities based on vulnerability
    Priorities based on current condition
    Priorities based on emergency realities

Wet Salvage Exercise

    Demonstration of salvage materials and techniques
    Working as a salvage team:  Roles and responsibilities

Emergency Resources

    Supplies and equipment
    Working with emergency recovery vendors
    Working with AIC-CERT

Abigail Choudhury
Development and Education Associate
Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic
    and Artistic Works
1156 15th St, Suite 320
Washington, DC 20005
202-661-8070
Fax: 202-452-9328


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