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Facilities & Risk Management
Up On the Roof: The McNay Art Museum’s re-roofing project
The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX houses a world-class collection of more than 22,000 works by masters from around the world—Cezanne, Picasso, Matisse, O’Keefe and many more. …
Wikipedia Is Digitally ‘Preserving’ Items Destroyed in the Brazil National Museum Fire
In an effort to preserve the memory of the 20 million objects lost in the September 2018 fire that decimated Brazil’s National Museum, Wikipedia has put out a call to the public to …
The scary vulnerability of museums
Did you know that most museum buildings predate recent innovations in fire suppression systems and earthquake proofing? Few museums are prepared to put scarce financial resources into …
Capturing the Spirit of the Field Museum
One of my current projects is helping museums figure out how to develop new mission-related-income streams. In 2016, I helped develop and teach a workshop at which staff from natural …
Get Prepared: MayDay 2018
Join museums around the country in doing at least one thing in the month of May to prepare for an emergency. MayDay is an annual call to action for cultural organizations to improve their …
My Take Embracing the Personal: Developing a self-care plan is a critical part of disaster training.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. When I first started in the museum field, I remember sitting in a mandatory egress training session to learn …
Information PLEASE Preserving History as It Happens: Orange County Regional History Center undertook rapid-response collecting after Pulse nightclub shooting
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. On June 12, 2016, a home-grown terrorist entered Orlando’s Pulse nightclub during Latin Night after last …
A Fragile but Resilient Eco-System: Santa Barbara’s Museum Community and Natural Disasters
Santa Barbara, as it is known to the world, is a small city that is a major tourist destination—on the Pacific with great beaches, close to Los Angeles but far enough away to leave the …
Art Museums in Puerto Rico Face Long and Expensive Recovery
This article describes the recovery process of museums in Puerto Rico as they deal with the aftermath of hurricane Maria. While many museums are currently open, they also face a daunting …
With Big Gift and Tighter Oversight, the Met Gains Solid Ground
This article shares an announcement of a recent $80 million dollar gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from a Trustee of the museum which will be used to establish an unrestricted …
Seamless Coordination: 7 Reasons to Hire Your Architect and Exhibit Designer at the Same Time
A museum expansion, or the design and construction of a brand new museum, usually begins by hiring an architect, and may also include bringing on engineers, estimators, interior designers, …