2-Day Disaster Response and Recovery Workshop hosted by TX-CERA

THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON TO HOST TRAINING FOR MUSEUM, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES PROFESSIONALS, CULTURAL LEADERS AND EMERGENCY PROFESSIONALS, AUGUST 1-2, LED BY THE TEXAS CULTURAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE ALLIANCE

The MFAH will host an inaugural disaster preparedness forum, led by Texas Cultural Emergency Response Alliance, on Monday, August 1 and Tuesday August 2, 2016.

Library, archive, and museum professionals in Houston and the surrounding counties are invited to share expertise and resources in this unique partnership. The conference will focus on disaster recovery situations specific to the region, including hurricanes, tornadoes, and flash floods, and will show participants how to respond to such large-scale natural events to both protect and preserve the objects in their care and to connect to a larger network of national emergency management professionals. Day 1 will feature speakers from the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Belfor USA and others. Day 2 will focus on techniques and training for wet recovery salvage of heritage objects.

Cost:

$80.00 - Lunch is included in cost of ticket.

Parking - Free parking in museum parking lot

For further information please contact

Steve Pine, Museum of Fine Arts, spine@mfah.org

Olivia Primanis, University of Texas, Austin, primanis@utexas.edu

Melanie Sanford, Textile Preservation Services of Texas - info@conservingthreads.com

When

Monday, August 1, 2016 at 8:30 AM - Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 5:00 PM (CDT) - Add to Calendar

Where

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Audrey Jones Beck Building 5601 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005 - View Map

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2-day-disaster-response-and-recovery-workshop-hosted-by-tx-cera-tickets-26365409650

 

An Intro to Emergency Response and Recovery of Material Cultural Objects

Registration is now open for:

An Introduction to Emergency Response and Recovery of Material Cultural Objects

A Texas Cultural Emergency Response Alliance (TX-CERA) Sponsored Workshop

The purpose of this one-day workshop is to introduce participants to emergency response and recovery for material cultural objects in private and museum collections. Participants will learn protocols for responding to disaster scenes and working with local emergency responders. Health and safety issues associated with disasters and collection techniques associated with various types of material collections will also be covered. The day will end with a museum mock-disaster table-top exercise and a question/answer session with the instructors.

TOPICS

Building a Response Team
Entry into a Disaster Scene

Health and Safety Issues Associated with Disasters

Collections-Specific Salvage Techniques

Resources, connections and networking

Table top exercise

Instructors: Steve Pine, Jessica Philips and Melanie Sanford

Arrival at 8:30 am / Coffee to be served

Box Lunch included in registration fee

On-campus parking not included / http://www.unt.edu/transit/

For further information please contact:

Steve Pine - spine@mfah.org

Jessican Phillips - Jessica.Phillips@unt.edu

Melanie Sanford - info@conservingthreads.com

When

Monday, June 13, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CDT)

Where

Willis Library, Room 250H - University of North Texas 1506 Highland Street, Denton, Texas 76203-5017

 

To register :
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-intro-to-emergency-response-and-recovery-of-material-cultural-objects-tickets-24853320952

Broken Stuff and Fried Fish Lunch

It's time we got together to eat some catfish and talked about broken stuff!

NTAAC is also looking for new Board Members! So if you would like to help build the NTAAC community drop by and raise your hand.

NTAAC Lunch

Thursday, April 28th 12:noon

Big Shucks

6232 E Mockingbird ln

Dallas TX 

See you there,

Brad

NTAAC Golden Fried Fish Lunch

It's time we all got together and talked about broken stuff!

It's also time to bring on some new NTAAC Board Members! So if you would like to help build the NTAAC community drop by and raise your hand.

NTAAC Lunch
Thursday, April 28th
Big Shucks
6232 E Mockingbird ln
Dallas TX

See you there,
Brad