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To further institutional and community knowledge, preparedness, and resilience toward future disasters that affect cultural resources, Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI) is offering a one-day introductory workshop on disaster planning and response. Experts in emergency response for collections will lead a group through presentations, conversations, and basic hands-on training.
Open to all active staff working in Hawai'i museums and related institutions/organizations that care for cultural collections. Preference will be granted to those working in Maui County (Maui, Molokai, Lana'i, Kaho'olawe). Volunteers and students will be considered on a space-available basis.
Overall workshop learning objectives:
1) Introduction to the principles of disaster planning with examples of immediate and long-term preparedness measures
2) Understand the components of a methodic response when protecting cultural heritage impacted by a disaster
3) Understand the thought-process when working with fire damaged material and safety considerations
4) Connect with the individual experts on the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative team and learn about resources that participants can utilize in the future
Join us the day after the workshop for an "open hour" with the SCRI team, followed by a panel discussion with organizers of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center exhibition Sense of Place / Place of Sense.
Offered free of charge with support from FEMA and the Hawai'i Community Foundation, and organized in partnership with the Hawai'i Museums Association, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, and the East-West Center Arts Program.
This workshop is part of a FEMA-sponsored visit by SCRI to support fire-affected organizations with their cultural collections recovery efforts.
Funding for this project was received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Natural and Cultural Resources Recovery Support Function, a part of the National Disaster Recovery Framework.
To further institutional and community knowledge, preparedness, and resilience toward future disasters that affect cultural resources, Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI) is offering a one-day introductory workshop on disaster planning and response. Experts in emergency response for collections will lead a group through presentations, conversations, and basic hands-on training.
Open to all active staff working in Hawai'i museums and related institutions/organizations that care for cultural collections. Preference will be granted to those working in Maui County (Maui, Molokai, Lana'i, Kaho'olawe). Volunteers and students will be considered on a space-available basis.
Overall workshop learning objectives:
1) Introduction to the principles of disaster planning with examples of immediate and long-term preparedness measures
2) Understand the components of a methodic response when protecting cultural heritage impacted by a disaster
3) Understand the thought-process when working with fire damaged material and safety considerations
4) Connect with the individual experts on the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative team and learn about resources that participants can utilize in the future
Join us the day after the workshop for an "open hour" with the SCRI team, followed by a panel discussion with organizers of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center exhibition Sense of Place / Place of Sense.
Offered free of charge with support from FEMA and the Hawai'i Community Foundation, and organized in partnership with the Hawai'i Museums Association, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, and the East-West Center Arts Program.
This workshop is part of a FEMA-sponsored visit by SCRI to support fire-affected organizations with their cultural collections recovery efforts.
Funding for this project was received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Natural and Cultural Resources Recovery Support Function, a part of the National Disaster Recovery Framework.
