Disaster preparedness in museums, galleries, libraries, archives and private collections, involves any actions taken to plan for, prevent, respond or recover from natural disasters and other events th
Recovery efforts after an arson-caused fire consumed newspapers, photos, documents, books, and historic artifacts in museum.
A cloud forest and a hygrometer
The National Museum of Brazil fire in September 2018
Secured display cabinets at Chester Beatty Library
A museum/library/archival registrar is responsible for implementing policies and procedures that relate to caring for collections of cultural institutions like archives, libraries, and museums. These
Disaster preparedness (cultural property)
…do occur. The professions most influenced by disaster preparedness in this context include conservator-restorers, curators, collection managers, and registrars. To plan for and prevent disasters from occurring, cultural heritage organisations will often perform a risk assessment to identify potential hazards…
Registrational materials include a soft pencil, archival pen, thread/needle, cotton twill tape, acid-free tags, cotton gloves, and Nitrile gloves for accessioning