Deadline Extended for Faxed Registrations! 

Fax your registration until Friday, october 17 to 215-735-9313!

 

Preparing for the Unexpected: Protecting Collections and Staff from Disaster

presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

 

October 27 & 28, 2008

Poughkeepsie, NY

 

For museum, library, and archives collections care staff, including curators, collections managers, conservators, librarians, archivists, and stewards of historic house museums, and for staff responsible for the safety of collections, such as site and facility managers and security and safety staff.

 

Get a registration form at http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar and fax by Friday, October 17 to 215-735-9313.

 

Sessions:

·        Disaster Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness

·        Crisis Communication

·        Exercising the Plan (an interactive tabletop session)

·        Recovery of Paper-Based Collections (a hands-on interactive session)

·        Fire Safety: Risk Assessment, Detection, and Suppression

·        Ensuring Health and Human Safety in an Emergency

 

The fee for this two-day program is $215 for both CCAHA and Lower Hudson Conference member institutions and $240 for non-members.  Lunch will be provided both days.  To encourage multiple staff members to attend, enjoy half-price registration for a second participant from the same institution

Get a registration form at http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar and fax by Friday, October 17 to 215-735-9313.

 

Cosponsored by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network, previously Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies & Museums.

Hosted by the historic Locust Grove Estate, Poughkeepsie, NY

 

For more information, contact the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts:  call 215-545-0613, email [log in to unmask] or visit www.ccaha.org .

 

 

Kim Andrews

Preservation Services Officer

CONSERVATION CENTER for Art and Historic Artifacts

264 S. 23rd Street

Philadelphia, PA  19103

215-545-0613 (phone)

215-735-9313 (fax)

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www.ccaha.org

 

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