if you haven't already done so try a web search using the terms
museums earthquake protecting
here is one hit among several others with will be useful
http://museum-sos.org/docs/strat_nonstructural_mitigation.pdf

one is Getty, another is about sculptures, a NY Times article and others

 

 

Best wishes, Barbara, retired librarian
 

 

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From: Tracy Puklowski <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wed, Jan 11, 2012 2:53 pm
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Protocols/guidelines for collection store seismic safety


Hello listers
 
As a result of recent seismic activity in New Zealand, we are updating our protocols/guidelines to ensure that our collection stores are kept in as safe a state as possible at all times. A great deal of this is simply good housekeeping - i.e., always return compactor shelving to one end to prevent movement.
 
Does anyone out there - particualrly anyone in an earthquake-prone area - have an existing set of protocols they would be willing to share?
 
Kind regards
 

Tracy Puklowski 
Senior Operations Manager
Collections and Research
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 
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