V&A Culture in Crisis and ICOM UK are pleased to announce the third episode of their new webinar series, Preserving the Past: Strategies for Heritage in Crisis.

Hosted by Maria Blyzinsky (Trustee at ICOM UK) and Sam Johnson (Cultural Heritage Preservation Lead for V&A), the series features specialists who discuss aspects of crisis management from their own experience. Each webinar focuses on a different threat and provides invaluable insights and strategies for safeguarding heritage in times of peril. There will also be a chance for the audience to ask questions.

Whether you work in museums, galleries, archives, libraries or other heritage sites, the series will feature case studies and research to share some of the latest tools and techniques used to protect and preserve our shared cultural heritage for future generations.

The third webinar on Earthquakes will take place at 2:30 BST on Wednesday 24 July.

Our guests will be Les Borsay and Dr Rohit Ranjitkar. Les Borsay is the Emergency Planning Specialist for the J. Paul Getty Trust Security & Visitor Services Department, handling emergency preparedness for the Getty Center and Getty Villa in Los Angeles and Dr Rohit Ranjitkar is the Director of Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust and has led on the restoration and recovery of Kathmandu Valley’s heritage effected by the 2015 earthquake.

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