C O N T E N T S MONDAY, AUGUST 3 English INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MUSEUM SECURITY, Smithsonian Institution Welcome Robert Adams vii Robert Burke xi International Committee on Museum Security (ICMS) Business Meeting • A.E. Traynor, Chairman 1 Mme. de Moltke, Translator 5 Roger Wulff, Secretary 7 Ellen Herscher, Director of AAM-ICOM 9 Agenda Note space 11/12 13-16 TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MUSEUM SECURITY, Welcome and Introductions John F. Jameson, Assistant Secretary for Administration, Smithsonian Institution, Host Robert Burke, Chairman A.E. Traynor, ICMS Chairman Craig Black, Vice Chairman, US National Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) Edward Able, Chairman, American Association of Museums David Liston, Conference Coordinator Theft Prevention-- From the Inside 29 MUSEUM SESSIONS Key Bridge Marriott Hotel 17 19 21 23 25 27 Stevan Layne, Denver Museum of Art Jay Chambers, Sessions Chairman, Smithsonian Institution Construction Security Jay Chambers, Panel Moderator Frank Duley, Peabody Museum of Salem Wilbur Faulk, J. Paul Getty Museum Stevan Layne, Denver Art Museum Ernest Lipple, Indianapolis Children's Museum Frank Verrier, National Gallery of Art 39 41 43 45 47 The Trials and Tribulations of Installing a New Burglary System 49 General Rules and Regulations for All Contractors at the J.Paul Getty Museum 51 Smithsonian Institution Office Memorandum 789 57 Denver Art Museum Forms 77 Division I Special Conditions 81 Contractor Guidance for the Conduct of Work at the Smithsonian Institution for Security, Safety and Related Matters How Not to Install Museum Alarms Bart Rinehart, Smithsonian Institution, Panel Moderator Fred Davis, National Museums of Canada Leon Dixon, Smithsonian Institution Steven Entringer, Dallas Museum of Art Richard Smith, National Museums of Canada John White, Smithsonian Institutin LIBRARY SESSIONS 125 111 115 117 119 121 123 Harry Farmer, Sessions Chairman Library of Congress The Alarming of Libraries John Camp, American Library Association, Panel Moderator Robert Brady, Pierpont Morgan Library Jane Dayton, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Frank DeRosa, Brooklyn Public Library Tim Wilkinson, Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh 129 135 137 141 145 Lessons Learned from the Los Angeles Central Library Fire Steven Bush, Library of Congress 151 BUILDING MANAGEMENT SESSIONS Michael League, Institution Sessions Chairman, Smithsonian 155 Energy Management Manageable? Larry Stuebing, Smithsonian Institution Robert Wiseman, Smithsonian Institution 159 161 Historical Concerns in Facility Management Dr. Cynthia Field, Smithsonian Institution 167 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 An Operations Welcome Richard Siegle, Director, Office of Facilities Services, Smithsonian Institution 171 How Small Museums Can Manage their Protection Michael Mueller-Ali, Bishop Museum of Honolulu Motivating Staff to Do What You Need Michael Sullivan, St. Louis Art Museum Stolen Art in America— A Panel of Stolen Art File Keepers and Legal Parties Huntington Block, Huntington Block Insurance, 173 179 Panel Moderator John Barelli, Metropolitan Museum of Art James Beal, American Philatelic Society Katharine Leab, BAM-BAM Tom Moscardini, New York City Police Department William Smith, Insurance Adjustors Lynn 197 Pearson, International Foundatin for Art Research, Inc. 199 Charles Perrotta, Federal Bureau of Investigation 203 Jane Yeingst, Washington, DC, Office of INTERPOL 211 185 187 189 193 195 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MUSEUM SECURITY PRESENTATIONS Cultural Property Protection Methodology in Norway Kolbein Dahle, Fylkeskonservatoren i Nord-Trondelag, Steinjker, Norway 217 Security in French Museums - Status and Evolution Serge Leroux, Direction of the Museums of France, Paris, France 229/230 The Sound and The Image Museum Experience in Brazil Maria Cristina Mendes, Fundacao Nacional Pro-Memoria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cultural Property Protection Methodology in India and Other Countries in Asia A.K. Chatterjee, Indian Museum, Calcutta, India 237 245 THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 An Architect's Prize Building May Be Security's Nightmare Steven Keller, Steven R.Keller and Associates, Inc. Protection of Art Works in Transit Tom Bresson, Smithsonian Institution Emily Dyer, Smithsonian Institution The Disaster is Not Being Prepared for the Disaster Jane Slate Siena, Getty Conservation Institute Awards Luncheon Presentations Dean Anderson, The Under Secretary, Smithsonian Institution Fire Will Is Still Your Number One Threat J. Andrew Wilson, Smithsonian Institution Indoor Air Quality in Museums F. William Billingsley, Smithsonian Institution 251 257 261 265 267 271 REFERENCES AND PRACTICAL MATTERS From the Conference Coordinator Synopsis of History of the Conference Ten Year Index to Conference Presentations Stolen Art Files Bibliography Cultural Institution Support Organizations 273 277 279 289 291 295 249 Cultural Protection Leadership Guide to Conferencing Upcoming Events Book Purchase Forms Maps You are invited... Membership Forms Speaker List Participant List Note space 297 299 301 303 305 307 315 317 323