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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.
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 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.
- UNESCO - Fire risk management guide: protecting cultural and natural heritage from fire (2024), Paris: UNESCO (ENG / ESP)
- ICA - Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness: A Manual for Protecting Archives. Emilie Gagnet Leumas and Margaret Crockett (ENG / Others forthcoming)
- ICA - Practical Guide to Emergency Digitization of Paper-Based Archival Heritage (ENG / UKR)
- Guide on Historic Buildings and Fire in War-affected Countries. By request of the Maidan Museum and The Heritage Emergency Response Initiative; By René Teijgeler Nina Kjølsen Jernæs
- Wenk, T., and Giovanni, A. (2024). Cultural property shelters: construction of new refuges and repurposing of decommissioned protected facilities. Protection of Cultural Property Section, Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection
Heritage Crime Prevention & Security and Terrorism
Historic England Heritage Crime Website has resources and advice, including how to report a heritage crime.
Publications include:
Publications include:
- Historic England - Heritage Crime Risk Assessment
- Historic England - Heritage Crime Prevention
- Historic England - Heritage Crime A Guide for Law Enforcement Officers
ACT (Action Counters Terrorism) training
- Protect UK / National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) - Training
Security Guidance for Venues
- Archives & Records Association (UK & Ireland) and Trident Manor - Security Guidance for Venues
Staying Safe during unrest
Advice, Guidance and workplace posters available from Trident Manor
Emergency Response, First Aid, and Evacuation
- ICCROM - First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Handbook - Available on the ICCROM website in English, French, Arabic, Turkish, Portuguese
- ICCROM - First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Toolkit - Available on the ICCROM website in English, French, Arabic, Turkish, Portuguese
- Blue Shield International - When should you evacuate your collections. A Conflict Guide.
trident manor 'one-stop-shop' for cultural protection
Advice and guidance for the protection of art and cultural heritage, containing Links and Resources, Cultural Associations, Events, and Jobs
Safe Haven / Refuges Guidance
- Association Of Art Museum Directors - Protocols For Safe Havens For Works Of Cultural Significance From Countries In Crisis, September 28, 2015
- Guidelines for the Establishment and Conduct of Safe Havens as Adopted by the International Law Association at its 73rd Conference held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 17–21 August 2008. (2009). International Journal of Cultural Property, 16(4), 371-378. doi:10.1017/S0940739109990300 (Kindly made open access by IJCP).
- Wenk, T., and Giovanni, A. (2024). Cultural property shelters: construction of new refuges and repurposing of decommissioned protected facilities. Protection of Cultural Property Section, Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection