Seismic Mitigation for Collections at the J. Paul Getty Museum through mountmaking

Summary

As recent earthquakes in Oklahoma and Virginia have shown, even regions generally thought to be far from seismic zones are never truly immune to their effects. The development over the last thirty years of seismic mount systems that safely capture objects in 360 degrees, can offer solutions relevant to collections in a diversity of environments. Focus on this goal for the past few decades has led to a realization that more can be done to protect collections in advance of threats, leading to the evolution of mountmaking as a form of preventative conservation.

This paper will examine how modern mountmaking can mitigate destructive forces for collections on display. Examples of earthquake damage to collections will be examined and discussed in conjunction with modern preventative techniques, both simple and complex.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)

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Abstract Id(s): 16189