Richmond MEST meets June 16th 10am-12pm at Henrico Theatre

WANTED: Museum Emergency Support Team for Hampton Roads area!

The good news is yet again, Richmond leads the way providing others with a great model. This coming Wednesday, June 16th, 10am-12pm the Richmond MEST group will meet at Henrico Theatre and provide training program for the packing of objects by Caitlin O'Grady of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Check your email box for more information, or contact me at mmarder@chrysler.org.

The other good news is VAM has a lot of helpful material to get us started. Check out the website: http://www.vamuseums.org/ProgramsandServices/EmergencyResponseTaskForce/tabid/141/Default.aspx

This will definitely be a focus for the registrars group: we are posed to lead the way in this area. Hopefully we can make it happen before the hurricanes come!

Stay tuned --