Hope for the Best...
Prepare for the Worst!
The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) will host a series of disaster
response workshops designed to give participants hands-on experience in
disaster recovery. these two-day workshops will be presented in South
Carolina, Virginia and Alabama.
What is the design and schedule of the SEMC Disaster Recovery workshop?
The Southeastern Museums Conference will hold three two-day workshops in
different geographic areas, to reduce costs for attendees and to facilitate
the establishment of a disaster response network within different geographic
areas:
- South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, South Carolina, January 16-17,
- Hampton University Museum in Hampton, Virginia, February 20-21 and
- Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, March 6-7, 1999.
The SEMC emergency response workshop will be modeled after successful
workshops held at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts and
by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia.
The workshops will be led by conservators from the Southeast, familiar with
disaster related decision making and sound recovery techniques.
The workshops are made possible by the SEMC Professional Development
Committee, the contributions of conservators and host institutions, and
funding from the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS)
Professional Services Program.
Participants will:
- discuss general actions for disaster recovery, formation of recovery teams
and methods utilized for the various types of media;
- respond to a staged water-related disaster involving paper, books,
photographs, textiles, wood and metals;
- learn how to "triage" a disaster scene and receive hands-on experience in
establishing the correct methods for the recovery of each.
Agenda
Day 1:
8:30- 9:00 Registration
Esther Hockett, SEMC Executive Director
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements
Host institutions and support staff
9:15 - 10:15 The Nature of Response and Recovery; Health and Safety Issues
Presenter: TBA
10:15 - 11:00 Disaster Response Basics: Works of Art
Presenter: Catherine Rogers, Paintings Conservator, Private practice,
Charleston, SC
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:30 Disaster Response Basics: Textiles
Presenter: Beth McLaughlin, Textiles Conservator, Biltmore House,
Asheville, NC
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)
1:30 - 2:30 Disaster Response Basics: Paper & Photographic materials
Presenter: K. Sharon Bennett, Archivist, The Charleston Museum,
Charleston, SC
2:30 - 3:30 Disaster Response Basics: Metals and Wood
Presenter: Ted Monich, Objects Conservator, S.C. State Museum, Columbia,
SC
3:30 -3:45 Break
3:45 - 5:00 Response Considerations for Historic Structures
Presenter: Jon Poston, Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, SC
Possible evening session on various case studies pertinent to the
geographic area -- any recent disaster response efforts in that locality
Day 2:
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements
9:15- 9:30 "This can happen to you" Case Scenarios (Slide presentation)
Presenter: K. Sharon Bennett, Archivist, The Charleston Museum,
Charleston, SC
9:30 -9:45 Preparing for the Packout: Roles and Rules
Presenter: K. Sharon Bennett, Archivist, The Charleston Museum,
Charleston, SC
10:00 - 1:00 Packout of Damaged Materials
1:00 - 2:15 Lunch together (box lunch provided)
2:15 - 3:00 Evaluation of Team Dynamics, Critique of Procedures
Panel of Conservators
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:15 Conducting a Hazards Survey of Your Site, questions and answers
Presenter: K. Sharon Bennett, Archivist, The Charleston Museum,
Charleston, SC
Fees & Enrollment
Registration for members is $75; $110 for non-members. Refreshment breaks,
lunch and workshop materials are included.
Enrollment will be limited to forty participants per workshop.
Registration Form:
Name ______________________________ Title ____________________________
Institution ___________________________________________________________
Address, City, State, Zip ________________________________________________
Tel __________________ Fax _________________ Email ____________________
_____ South Carolina State Museum, Columbia SC, January 16-17
_____ Hampton University Museum, Hampton VA, February 20-21
_____ Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL, March 6-7
Please indicate the amount due.
_____$110 nonmember _____ $75 (My membership number is #____________.)
Send the registration form with a check to SEMC, PO Box 3494, Baton Rouge,
LA;
Fax or email credit card information with your registration form to SEMC.
Fax to 225/343-8669; email to <[log in to unmask]>. SEMC's Federal ID is
#54-1042825.
Credit Card: ____ M/C ____ Visa ____ American Express
Card # ________________________________________ Expiration Date ________
Name on credit if different from registrant
_________________________________
Special Needs? Please call SEMC at 225/383-5042.
_____ I request a vegetarian lunch.
Hotel Information
Columbia SC - January 16-17
Governor's House, 1301 Main Street, 800/800-8035. Room rate: $69 plus 10%
tax; includes continental breakfast and parking.
Hampton VA - February 20 -21
(To get the quoted rate, let the hotels know you're attending the Hampton
University Museum Workshop.)
Radisson Hotel Hampton, 700 Settlers Landing Road, I-64 Exit 267,
800/333-3333 or 757/727-9700. Room rate: $60 plus tax. The campus is a 10-15
minute walk.
Strawberry Banks Inn, 30 Strawberry Banks Blvd, I-64 Exit 268, 757/723-6061.
Room rate: $40 plus tax. The motel is on the Hampton Roads Waterway, about 1
1/2 miles from campus.
Mobile AL - March 6-7
Ramada Plaza, 600 Beltline Hwy, 334/344-8030. Room rate: Tower, $69 plus
tax; includes continental breakfast and complimentary cocktails; Garden
Court $59 plus tax.
Patrick
T.Patrick Brennan
Vice President
SEMC
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