SNAFUs
So sorry for the Hurricane Irene-related snafus over the weekend. The Museums in the News and Jobs Listing posts are now fully updated, so go check them out!
Month: August 2011
Museums in the News
Welcome to our weekly roundup of museum news articles! Improv Everywhere teams with Guggenheim Museum to encourage New Yorkers to “Say Something Nice” A Pharaoh Lords Over a Museum Vt. museum to search for War of 1812 shipyard BRIMS set to close doors permanently “A …
Hurricane Irene Prep
We interrupt our regularly scheduled posting to bring you a roundup of emergency preparedness links, in anticipation of Hurricane Irene this weekend. Even if she fizzles out (which certain of us would really appreciate, ok, Irene?), it’s good to be prepared, and to learn about helping your museum be prepared.
The NEDCC, always prepared, sent out this list of tips earlier this week:
TIPS TO HELP YOU PREPARE:
– review your disaster plan
– double-check your insurance policy
– check your gutters and downspouts
– move priority collections out of basements and off floors
– inventory disaster recovery supplies
– hold a planning meeting with staff today!
LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION:
Preparing Your Institution for Hurricanes ( Heritage Preservation)
Emergency Preparedness ( Library of Congress)
Track the Storm (NOAA)EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES, STATE-BY-STATE:
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
We’ve covered this topic before on the TMSB, too. Here are a few useful posts with tips, learning resources, and other good information:
NEDCC Care of Paintings Workshop
With a hat tip to Tufts Instructor Margherita Desy for pointing this out to us, the hopeful conservators and curators among you should go check out this workshop! Care of Paintings Workshop October 5, 2011 Workshop Location: Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA ______________________________ NEDCC’s Care …
New England Forests Exhibit At the Harvard Museum of Natural History
We have a new voice here at the TMSB. Oren is in the Museum Education MA program and he brings us a great review of a new exhibit. If you’d like to write an exhibit review and post it here, we’re happy to have it! …
Advice for Nonprofit Leaders
The Chronicle of Philanthropy – which is a great source of information if you’re not already checking it out regularly – has a good blog post up with advice from nonprofit leaders about finance. Some good, solid stuff in there.