Connecting to Collections Care

Recent disasters across the country have presented small and mid-sized institutions with the unique challenges of not only dealing with health and safety for people but how to deal with the collection materials. During this special May Day 2025 webinar, participants will: 

• Learn ways to protect volunteers, staff, and themselves 
• Find out ways to properly dispose of items in their community 
• Hear a case study from the 9/11 Memorial Museum for examples of health hazards associated with disaster response and recovered artifacts. 

Presenters

• Brandy Howard, PE, CIH, CSP, is the Group Manager of Industrial Hygiene and Asbestos at Terracon's Denver office. 
• Tara Kennedy is the Head of Preventive Conservation at the Yale Library Center for Preservation and Conservation. 
• Kerith Koss Schrager is an objects conservator and Head of Conservation at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. 

Register here: https://connectingtocollections.org/event/so-now-what-disposal-of-materials-after-a-disaster/

Connecting to Collections Care previously received support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to bring you this programming. Following DOGE cuts to the agency, we have not been able to access previously awarded grant funding. Special thanks to an anonymous donor and The Samuel H. Kress Foundation for stepping in to support this webinar and other C2C Care programming, allowing it to continue through the summer. Join them in supporting the continuation of FAIC's Connecting to Collections Care program by donating at https://www.culturalheritage.org/donate.