Preserving the Collection: Disaster Planning, Response & Recovery

  What should be in your institution's emergency salvage kit? The Department of the Interior has a great one-page list you can start with and customize for your needs. https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/migrated/museum/upload/DOI-Museum-Emergency-Salvage-Box-supply-list.pdf

  This short video, Dirty Details of Fire-Based Emergencies by the National Collections Program, focuses on the triage of fire-damaged items, including considerations of how extreme heat may change collections and storage containers, as well as safety concerns.  https://video.ibm.com/recorded/132363132

  Climate change is, and will continue to be, an ongoing problem for buildings and collections. Here are a few ways museums in DC are preparing for, and making, changes.   https://dcist.com/story/19/09/19/how-d-c-s-museums-are-keeping-their-collections-safe-in-a-warming-flooding-environment/