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Sep 2023Risk-based approaches to preventive conservation: Which to choose for my situation?
Risk assessment and management approaches to preventive conservation were first suggested almost 35 years ago. Since then, numerous approaches have been developed, applied, and published. Three of the better known approaches include Quiskscan, ABC, and the Cultural Property Risk Analysis Model (CPRAM). People unfamiliar with these may think that they are interchangeable, and each could have value in any given context. That is not true….
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Aug 2023Shocking museum damages and losses: Museums must stop being shocked and start developing perspectives!
The museum world is repeatedly and regularly “shocked” by experiences of damage and loss from their collections. Take for example: • 2017 Museum theft: The discovery of stolen rare books from the Carnegie library • 2018 Museum fire: Fire that destroyed the National Museum of Brazil in September • 2019 Museum theft: Theft of jewels from Dresden’s Green room in November • 2020 Seismic damage:…
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Mar 20212020 is the poster child for risk management.
Mareike Friedrich What are risks? A risk is considered a departure from a goal. What was my goal in 2020? Well, I can tell you that it wasn’t finishing my last semester of school from my living room while socially distancing from my classmates. However, thanks to the risk management planning of my school, my province, and my country, I was eventually able to finish…
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Sep 2018Workshop Announcement in Leipzig November 2018
Assessing risks to your collections Leipzig, November 10th 2018, 9:30 to 5:30 A workshop with R. Robert Waller Protect Heritage Corp. In association with SicherheitsLeitfaden Kulturgut (SiLK) Today, preventive conservation has become a leading theme in all fields of cultural property. Useful scientific and technical knowledge continues to grow but is often incorporated in current practice slowly, incorrectly, or not at all. Despite the best intentions,…
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Sep 2018October 2018 Workshop Announcement
Assessing and managing risks to your collections A two-day workshop October 24 – 25, 2018. with R. Robert Waller This two-day workshop, Dr. Robert Waller will explain how to assess and manage risks to collections based on an integrated approach of estimating damage and loss and mitigation of damage and loss to cultural property. Workshop participants will learn: How to identify risks to collections, the agents…
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May 2017The Rising Risk of Flood
Victoria Palmer and Robert Waller “Studies show that flood is the most expensive of all natural hazards, costing companies an average of US$6 billion in insured losses annually – yet most flood loss is both predictable and preventable” (FM Global, 2016). Think about your own cultural institutions and all the heritage and history it holds; Are you prepared for a disaster to occur? How do…
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May 2017Cultural Property Risk Analysis Symposium
A Cultural Property Risk Analysis Symposium is being planned under the auspices of the Applied Risk Management Specialty Group. Abstracts are due by 2017 May 30. For more information about this symposium contact Robert Waller, Protect Heritage Corp. Symposium abstract: Preserving cultural heritage, from ancient sculptures to contemporary art has been practiced for millennia but has only been addressed by structured risk analysis and management…
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May 2017September 2017 workshop announcement
Assessing and managing risks to your collections A two-day workshop with R. Robert Waller Protect Heritage Corp. in association with the National Museum of Denmark September 1st and 2nd 2017 Workshop announcement Today, preventive conservation has become a leading theme in all fields of cultural property. Useful scientific and technical knowledge continues to grow but is often incorporated in current practice slowly, incorrectly, or not at…
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Dec 2015Natural Hazard Teaching Materials
NBC Learn, in partnership with the National Science Foundation and The Weather Channel, has recently made 10 short (about 5 minutes) videos available. Each segment explains the basic science behind the world’s worst natural disasters. These could be useful as additional citations for a conservation report or as insertions into talks about emergency preparedness. They are well-produced and entertaining, as well as informative. The videos are available…
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Nov 2015Protect Your Future
There are many popular expressions encouraging us to prepare for emergency situations to reduce their impact. As Malcolm Sparrow has well explained in his book The Character of Harms, a major challenge in loss prevention fields of any sort is ensuring continued support for investments that lower risks. The continuing outlay of resources that ensure (bad) things don’t happen seems less attractive than investing in…