Document Library

dOCUMENT LIBRARY

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Blue Shield Documents

Download the Guidance for Use of the Blue Shield Logo

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To download the Blue and white shield emblem of the Convention, please see the Blue Shield International website.
NOTE: The cultural emblem is a protective symbol used during armed conflicts and its use is restricted by law.

Risk Management and Disaster/Emergency Planning Documents

British Library (Preservation Advisory Centre) - Disaster/Emergency planning (online guide).

Dorge, V. and Jones, S. (1999) Building an Emergency Plan: A Guide for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions (pdf), The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles.

Herb, S. (1998) Risk Preparedness: a management manual for World Cultural Heritage (pdf) , ICCROM, Rome.

ICCROM – A Guide to Risk Management of Cultural Heritage (pdf).

This guide is an abridged version of The ABC Method. It explains the ABC Method using many images, basic examples and simple exercises. It has been designed to introduce the risk-based approach to decision makers and to promote its use by heritage professionals and a younger generation of conservators.

ICCROM – The ABC Method – A risk management approach to the preservation of cultural heritage.

This manual offers a comprehensive understanding of risk management applied to the preservation of heritage assets, whether collections, buildings or sites. It provides a step-by-step procedure and a variety of tools to guide the heritage professional in applying the ABC method to their own context. The method can be applied to a range of situations, from analysis of a single risk to a comprehensive risk assessment of the entire heritage asset.

Smithsonian Institution (Office of Risk Management) - Primer on Disaster Preparedness, Management & Response (pdf).

State Gallery New South West - Disaster Planning, Response and Recovery.