[Nhcoll-l] Registration Open: Nov 7 Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit

[Kathryn Makos]

8th Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit 

Preserving Our Heritage and Protecting Our Health




Co-presentations by IH/Safety and Conservation/Collection Care Professionals

The Potomac Local Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association,
the Washington Conservation Guild, the Smithsonian Institution's Office of
Safety, Health and Environmental Management and the Smithsonian National
Collections Program will once again collaborate with the Lunder Conservation
Center to host a Professional Development Seminar with the theme of Control
of Health and Safety Hazards in Museums, Historic Sites, Conservation
Treatment and Collection Care.

 

Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)

G and 8th Streets, NW, Washington DC

 

NEW! Collections Salvage Workshop Thursday, November 6, 2025

(In-Person Only; Main Conference registration required)

10am-12pm ET, MacMillan Educational Center

 

Main Conference Friday, November 7, 2025

9:00 am - 5:30 pm ET, McEvoy Auditorium

Both In-Person and Virtual

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Workshop (11/6): Ready to get up close and personal with archive, library,
and museum stunt-double collection items?   The  <https://ncp.si.edu/PRICE>
Preparedness and Response In Collections Emergencies (PRICE) team will
introduce specific methods for handling collection items during normal
operations and in emergencies. Information will also be shared by the
<https://culturalrescue.si.edu/> Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative on
their Save Your Family Treasures program.

Main Conference (11/7):  <https://www.potomacaiha.org/Summit-Abstracts>
Click here for the list of presentations. Presentations are also listed
below.

 

 

Please register at  <https://www.potomacaiha.org/event-6127510> Summit
Registration

*	In-Person Conference only - $40 (Includes lunch and Art Gallery
tour)
*	In-Person Conference plus pre-Conference Workshop - $45 
	
*	Virtual Conference - $20
*	Student/pre-program intern (student ID or internship letter
required) - 

*	$20 In-Person or Virtual Conference
*	$25 In-Person Conference plus pre-Conference Workshop

 

Register for In-Person by October 22, 2025 - NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION

Virtual Conference Registration by November 3, 2025

2025 Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit Presentations

Exposure Assessment and Controls

*	Interpreting PCB regulatory language for artifacts on display
*	Museum occupational exposure assessment study.
*	The critical role of health and safety collaboration in hazardous
collections surveys.
*	Valentine's Day vandalism in the National Archives rotunda: A
collaborative recovery effort.
*	Mitigating mercury: Analyzing, documenting and stabilizing a
collection of mercury tall clock pendulums.
*	Germicidal Ultraviolet Disinfection of Public Spaces. 

Health/Safety/Sustainability Programs

*	Developing a sharable guide based on experience in adapting
established OEHS practices to a museum setting. 
*	Moving toward a balanced approach to the screening, interpretation,
and reporting hazardous residues on the collections at NMAI.
*	Applying systems thinking to the preservation of light sensitive
materials.
*	Paper trails & safety tales: Power BI for instant health & safety
insights in book and paper conservation. 
*	Going Greener: A comparative inventory of greener products for the
preservation site in the European legislative and research framework.
*	Reducing energy while preserving experience and engagement.
*	Statewide effort to improve safety for staff and collections (case
studies from Ready or Not: Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project.


 

 

 

Kathryn A Makos MPH CIH

 

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