Mark Rocco, Senior Vice President of BMS CAT, Inc., has agreed to talk to the Hampton Roads Registrars Group and any other museum professionals in the area (including Richmond) any time after September 12th. BMS CAT, Inc. is a disaster recovery company that, along with commercial businesses, works with government agencies, museums, libraries and state agencies.
A sampling of their museum work includes:
1. St. Louis Arch Museum of Westward Expansion-Fire.
2. The American Swedish Institute & Museum, Minneapolis, MN-Concrete Dust spread throughout the entire museum.
3. Walt Disney Imagineering Studios Archival Museum– Burbank, CA-Fire and water damage to storage of water color & pencil drawings of Disney characters and theme parks.
In two of the above, Mr. Rocco worked closely with conservators and wrote the protocols. They have worked with many other museum and historic structures as well. More information can be found here: http://www.bmscat.com/
He has agreed to make a presentation "to the exacting needs of museum professionals" to cover structure and contents. He could present for two to four hours or even an entire day -- he will base it on our needs.
In order to organize this and to gauge interest from the group, would you please answer a few questions?
1. Is this something of interest to you and your museum?
2. Would you prefer a full or half day presentation?
3. Do you have a preference for month -- October, November, or December?
4. Do you have a preference for a day of the week? M-S?
5. Would you prefer during business hours or after hours?
6. How many people from your institution would be interested?
Oh my! This is a great opportunity, thanks for organizing this, Melissa. I would be happy with a half or full day, but I'm thinking a half day would be more manageable. I'm also in favor of November at the moment, almost any day is good - except Saturday :( I think anywhere from 2-10 people from the Chrysler would go.
ReplyDeleteAgain, thank you for this -- very exciting!