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Risk Management
Futurist Friday: The Water Next Time
I’m capping risk management week here on the Blog a visceral reminder of how flooding can catch museums unawares. (If you missed them, make sure to read Tuesday’s post on how …
Never Underestimate the Power of Preparation!
Never Underestimate the Power of Preparation! Earlier this week, the Blog featured a post by Sarah Sutton about a recent conference addressing the preservation challenges of rising sea …
Unwanted Water
According to the Floodsmart.gov website, coastal areas of the US account for more than half of the nation’s population and housing. This pattern is reflected the distribution of American …
Keeping History Above Water
One of the themes we explored in TrendsWatch2015 was how rising sea levels and increased storm frequency are threatening museums and heritage sites. Over the past year …
Wordless Wednesday: Picturing the New Normal
#RisingTides #SeaLevel #ClimateChange @VizcayaMuseum Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) on …
Designing for Resilience
One of the themes CFM focuses on in TrendsWatch 2015 is the changing climate of risk facing museums. Fully a quarter of museums & related organizations in the IMLS MUDF database are …
Futurist Friday: The Flood Next Time
Bjarke Ingels BIG architects in Copenhagen, won a federal competition to design storm protection for New York City. In this article he speaks about how his work in geoengineering is …
Wordless Wednesday: Resilience
#RisingTide #ResilientDesign #Miami2010 #CoralGablesMuseum Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) on …
Wordless Wednesday: Rising Tides & Floating Exhibits
#KnightFoundation #Miami #Sustainability #ClimateChange Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) on …
Monday Musing: TrendsWatch Watch
Here’s a quick roundup of recent stories related to the themes in TrendsWatch 2015 (Haven’t got your copy yet? Download the free PDF here. Print copies will be available in the AAM …
Security Lessons: What can we learn from the Rotterdam Heist?
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2013 edition of Museum magazine. In the early morning hours of October 16, 2012, two unidentified thieves broke into the Rotterdam …
Crack Warp Shrink Flake: A New Look At Conservation Standards
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2011 edition of Museum magazine. In the high humidity of summer, bronzes erupt with powdery green corrosion and paper becomes …