Preserving the Collection: Disaster Planning, Response & Recovery

 This two-part presentation by the Montana Historical Society provides practical and useful information on topics of emergency planning, working with emergency responders, and means of avoiding and mitigating loss of collection materials to disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNJ095rhsus

 Photographs are a treasured part of a family’s or institution’s collection, and water damage can have a devastating effect on them. The Galveston Historical Foundation produced this short video showing how to recover wet photographs. Preservation Australia presents this ten-minute video about how to salvage photographs from water damaged albums.

  Don’t forget to register for our “Disaster Response: Insurance Claims and Collections Recovery” webinar this Wednesday, June 23, at 10am! https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6120854103677914637

  Did you miss Part 1 of our two-part webinar series “Recovering from a Disaster: Procuring Insurance and Managing Risk Before a Disaster Occurs”? You can watch the recording here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/577742099056822019 You can also browse through this page for all of the Texas Historical Commission’s recent webinars: https://www.thc.texas.gov/preserve/projects-and-programs/museum-services/webinars Don’t forget to register for Part 2 of the series “Recovering from a Disaster: Insurance Claims and Collections Recovery”: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6120854103677914637

  When Superstorm Sandy hit the east coast in 2012, the Whitney Museum of American Art, adjacent to the Hudson River, and under construction at the time, had its original flood mitigation plans put to the test. Unprecedented amounts of water led the team to rethink the permanent and temporary measures to prevent water damage to the collection. Full article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10168664.2018.1549927 Highlights: https://www.aam-us.org/2020/12/11/facing-the-rising-tide-how-the-whitney-museum-of-american-art-addresses-resiliency-and-storm-preparedness-through-design/ and https://www.cooperrobertson.com/ideas/flood_mitigation/article/white_paper_flood_mitigation_in_museum_design

  We have a great set of webinars coming up on Wednesday, June 16th at 10am and Wednesday, June 23rd at 10am discussing risk management and insurance, both before and after a disaster. Part 1, June 16: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2470571156599413776?fbclid=IwAR3Z7ngUbcmoZbXwWeoxbFVrOKYS6YM-vG2F_hhbAh_UA4o2JZcpLuzNkzc Part 2, June 23: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6120854103677914637?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery Thank you to the Texas Historical Commission for hosting the webinars!

 This informative webinar from the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) presents information about salvaging photographic and electronic media after a water disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd_EQgRslKg

 Planning for disasters is key to successful response and recovery. This presentation by ALCTS covers many facets of disaster management – from collection care to working with vendors and volunteers – and utilizes a case study to illustrate a real-world response.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqaIR9qPyIY