Workshop: Emergency! Is Your Cultural Heritage Institution Prepared?

With more frequent severe weather and civil discontentment, the risk to cultural heritage sites is at an all time high. Having a strategy and tools in place simplifies the response to collection emergencies and ensures an institution will recover swiftly to return to its mission.

A group of people in hardhats and bright colored safety vests work to salvage practice artifacts on top of large blue tarps — Cultural Heritage Emergency Preparadness workshop

Date and Time: May 19th , 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Dumbarton House, 2715 Q Street NW , Washington, DC 20007
Admission: Free of charge with a 50 seat limitation. Register as soon as possible.
To Register: Linda Gottfried- Lgottfried@aurorastorage.com, 216-544-9552. Register NO LATER than May 12th, 2017

Speakers:
Rebecca Kennedy, Preservation Specialist & Cultural Heritage First Aider, Smithsonian Institution
Jerry L. Foust, Ph.D., Collections & Facilities Manager, Dumbarton House, NSCDA

Workshop Topics:
-Preparedness, Training and Response
-Revisiting Disaster Plans
-Getting Help

Tours of the Dumbarton House will be available after the seminar.

Workshop: Emergency! Is Your Cultural Heritage Institution Prepared?

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