Museums

En este artículo, la investigadora y periodista cultural Fatima Al-Zahraa Sahwil informa de los daños sufridos por ocho museos gazatíes desde el inicio del conflicto en octubre de 2023.

Study based on a comprehensive search of media articles and social media posts of incidents related to vandalism carried out by climate activists between May and December 2022, coinciding with the development in Sharm El Sheikh of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27).

En este artículo se aborda el vandalismo como forma de activismo climático en museos tras el ataque a las "Majas" en el Museo del Prado.

The Comprehensive Risk Management Plan for the National Museum of Anthropology Complex in Mexico, developed by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), promotes new initiatives aimed at strengthening the awareness of authorities, societies and communities on the importance of protecting and preserving the integrity of museums.

The Collections Emergency Protection Plan of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (PROCOERS Plan) is a comprehensive management system for the entire Museum that aims to provide an effective response to the protection of the works in its custody in the event of an emergency situation. To this end, it integrates a dynamic model of collection data infrastructure that serves to analyze the works and spaces globally in real time. The advantages inherent in this model, which is under development, are very varied, including the ability to predict risk situations linked to different variables, anticipate solutions, obtain proposals for action or facilitate decision-making in the event of an emergency.

Publication that includes the application of the methodology, created by several international institutions such as ICCROM, the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) and the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE), by first time in Colombia at the Guillermo Valencia National Museum, located in the city of Popayán and the Juan del Corral Museum, based in Santafé de Antioquia. Within the risk management model, one of the starting points is to establish what is called the collection value diagram (or collection value pie, as it is known internationally), which is nothing more than a graph that shows each one of the groups that make up a museum collection and its relative value in terms of percentage.

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Comprehensive risk management is addressed in collections of the Marqués de Cerralbo House Museum, located in the city of Madrid (Spain) and belonging to the National Network of State Museums. This preliminary study focuses on the difficulties encountered throughout the author's training process within the framework of the Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage course, seeking to bring the reader closer to this method. There are many museums and sites that today pose problems for the conservation of their works and installations: excess of visitors, space or air conditioning problems, excess pollution or vibrations caused by vehicle traffic, lack of funds or lack of conservation plans. These problems can be exacerbated in old museums, whose facilities have had to be modified to adapt to new exhibition and conservation systems.

The seismic evaluation of art objects requires a multidisciplinary approach and the definition of a methodology to assess the level of safety and the possible interventions necessary for the prevention of seismic risk, seeking a compromise between safety and conservation. This article describes a first step in this direction, in which the different aspects of the procedure, from the path of knowledge of the art object to the structural analysis, were studied on the six statues of Michelangelo located in the "Galleria dei Prigioni" (Slaves Gallery) of the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence. We have shown that the general principles and criteria expressed in the "Italian Guidelines for the evaluation and mitigation of seismic risk of cultural heritage", which are specifically dedicated to masonry constructions, could be usefully extended to other works of art such as statues, starting from historical research, geometrical study and characterization of materials, to the development of specific methods of analysis. This research could be the basis for future studies on the prevention of seismic damage to art objects, including minimal interventions and specific devices, such as isolation systems.