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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