Hello All!!

I am curator at a smallish university museum and we are in the
process of developing a comprehensive Disaster Preparedness Plan.
None of the members of the committee have ever developed a Plan
from the ground up. Our location (on a fault line), collections
(primarily 3-dimensional, historical items) and our status as a
university museum have caused us quite a bit of confusion.

Every resource we have been able to locate stresses two things that
don't really pertain to us.  First, there is a real emphasis on
knowing where utility turn-off switches are located.  Unfortunately,
those areas are controlled and accessible only by the University
Physical Plant.  Second, almost all of the salvage resources seem to
deal with archival material.  The majority of our collections are
3-D.

How have other institutions realistically dealt with these issues??
Anyone willing to share copies of your own plan, ideas, resources,etc
with us (reply off list and I'll get you the postal address)??  Any
help would be appreciated.






Our collections are.
Patricia McElyea
Curator of Collections
Arkansas State University Museum
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