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.
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The first webinar was on the subject of Fire featured Nina Kjølsen Jernæs (Paintings Conservator at NIKU, the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research) and Emma Coburn (Heritage Lead for Programmes, Resourcing and Risk at the Houses of Parliament) who discussed the latest research on fire protective textiles for heritage collections and reflections on the 2020 Watts Gallery fire.
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The second webinar in the series was on the subject of Water and Flooding and featured guests Andrea Richards and Dr Alex Rock. Andrea Richards is a Caribbean public archaeologist with extensive project management experience with a focus on climate change and disaster risk reduction and management of heritage. Dr Alex Rock is Director of Commercial and Operations for Derby Museums, he led on Derby Museums flooding response after the flood at Museum of Making and also sits on the NMDC culture and ecology working group.
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The third webinar in the series was on the topic of Earthquakes and our guests were 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.