When galleries shake: earthquake damage mitigation for museum collections

Contents

Mythical beasts to mephitic winds: explanations for earthquakes from antiquity to the nineteenth century -- Our modern understanding of earthquakes and how we measure them -- Focus: a short history of intensity / Roger Musson -- Seismic hazard analysis: what will happen ...probably -- Focus: the conditional mean spectrum / Paul Somerville -- Objects in motion: the response of collections to seismic forces -- Focus: the use of numerical modeling to protect old statues / Alfredo Cigada -- Holding on: mount making for seismic damage mitigation -- Focus: design and application of a temporary base-compression mount to secure two monumental marble sculptures for exhibition / Mckenzie Lowry and B.J. Farrar -- Let it slide: seismic base isolation -- Focus: optimal design of seismic linear and nonlinear isolators for museum artifacts / Vlasis Koumousis -- Seeking out the vulnerable.