Building an emergency plan : a guide for museums and other cultural institutions

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Building an emergency plan : a guide for museums and other cultural institutions

compiled by Valerie Dorge and Sharon L. Jones

Getty Conservation Institute, c1999

Available at  / 6 libraries

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Includes index

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ISBN 9780892365296

Description

Museum exhibits, particularly manuscripts, books and paintings, can suffer damage from exposure to the air. This text offers guidance to museum curators and specialists on the design and construction of oxygen-free display and storage cases.
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ISBN 9780892365517

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When an emergency strikes, is your cultural institution prepared to protect the people on site, the premises, and its collections from harm? This text provides a step-by-step guide that a cultural institution can follow to develop its own emergency preparedness and response strategy.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 For the director: an introduction to emergency preparedness and response planning
  • the role of the director. Part 2 For the emergency preparedness manager: the role of the emergency preparedness manager and the preparedness committee
  • communications
  • training. Part 3 For departmental team leaders: the safety and security team
  • the collections team
  • the buildings and maintenance team
  • the administration and records team. (Part contents).

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