Katherine,

The Getty Center and The Getty Villa, being close to a major faultline as
was demonstrated...ahem, this morning...use this technology for many of
their large displays and statues. There are even exhibit panels & videos
dedicated to explaining the integration of such structures into the
exhibits. Look around on their websites a bit and I'm sure you can find
something or even just send an e-mail requesting information. As a visitor,
I was pleasantly surprised to see such details on exhibit design and
collections management exhibited to the public.

I've included links to a few articles which turned up in a Google search
for 'Getty Villa earthquake statue supports' :
http://cool.conservation-us.org/waac/wn/wn29/wn29-3/wn29-305.pdf

http://www.academia.edu/312854/Earthquake_Damage_Mitigation_for_Museum_Collections

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/40024586?uid=2&uid=4&sid=21103783786203

Good luck with your exploration!

Dani Trynoski
Seeking a position in museum education & outreach in the LA Metro Area &
Inland Empire


On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Katherine Hoppe
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hello, list-serv,
>
> I'm working towards my Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies at George
> Washington University in Washington, DC.  We just read some interesting
> articles for our class on Preservation and Conservation.  One in particular
> was about some recent inventions for stabilizing statues.  A company had
> developed a 3-tiered base system that would move with the ground vibrations
> and serve to protect whatever statues were placed on them.
>
> I'm fascinated by this.  My question is, once one develops something like
> this, how would one submit funding for running a cost-benefit analysis to
> test the new invention?  Would this be something that someone could submit
> a grant for?
>
> I'd be curious to know what people think.
>
> Happy Spring!
>
> Katherine Hoppe
>
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