When Galleries Shake: Earthquake Damage Mitigation for Museum Collections

by Jerry Podany

Earthquakes pose myriad dangers to heritage collections worldwide. This book provides an accessible introduction to these dangers and to the methodologies developed at the Getty and other museums internationally for mitigating seismic vulnerability.

Conceived as a primer and reference, this abundantly illustrated volume begins with an engaging overview of explanations for earthquakes from antiquity to the nineteenth century. A series of chapters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160606522X
• ISBN13: 9781606065228
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.9"