90-Minute On-demand (Recorded) Webinar
Preparing for Disaster
In collaboration with the American Institute for Conservation (AIC)
Sponsored by LearningTimes

Disaster preparedness & recovery is a team effort: visitor safety, collections care, public relations, and business operations. The Heritage Health Index found that over 80% of collecting institutions are not adequately prepared for disaster. Is yours one of them? Join experts in the field for this 90-minute program designed to help you prepare for the worst. The program will cover low-cost, practical tips for emergency preparedness, a discussion of cooperative disaster networks, and lessons learned from emergency response teams. This webinar is a great opportunity for staff to discuss & plan together!

Who Should Attend
Directors, collections managers, archivists, registrars, facility managers, security staff, visitor services staff.

$25 AAM Member
$189 Non-member


Register now online or download the registration form.
Choose to learn from your desk or build community (and lower the cost per person) by inviting a group of co-workers to learn with you (e.g., around a computer monitor in an office or in a conference room setting). Hosting a webinar is also a great way to connect with colleagues from other institutions in your area! Please note: beyond a group experience, you will not be able to share your username and password with multiple people for simultaneous use. No refunds will be given once registration has been processed.

Registration includes:

• On-demand access to the recorded webinar for up to six months from purchase
• Access to the webinar forum and resources, including the webinar PowerPoint presentations

Click here to link to the online forum.
The webinar learning experience will be extended using the Preparing for Disaster Forum which serves as an information and entry portal for webinar participants only. Each participant will receive a login and password to access the forum.

The forum is where AAM will post all handouts and other resources in advance of the webinar, so that registered attendees will be able to download the materials and have them on hand during the program.

Reminder: The forum will require a unique login and password that will only allow the login to be used in a single instance. You will not be able to share the username and password with multiple people for simultaneous use.

Webinar FAQs
Click here to learn how an AAM webinar works.

Don't forget that AAM members can log in to a wealth of knowledge in the Information Center. The Risk Management section offers resources on emergency/disaster plan development, emergency preparedness & recovery, hazards in collections, insurance, recovery of business operations, safety, and security/theft/vandalism.

If you work for a museum that is an institutional member, you can get personalized help and access to more than 1,000 sample documents by contacting the Information Center at infocenter@aam-us.org.

The AAM Bookstore has many resources in its Facilities and Risk Management section related to disaster preparedness and response, including (among many others):
Edwards Disaster Recovery Directory
Edwards Disaster Recovery Directory (CD-ROM)
Emergency Response and Salvage Wheel
Field Guide to Emergency Response: A Vital Tool for Cultural Institutions