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    • Support & Grants
    • Development Support 2018-2022
      • Delving Deeper: Reinterpreting Collections Programme
      • Engaging with Schools Programme
      • 21st Century Visitor Attractions
      • Banish the Backlog Programme
    • Networks
      • Lone Workers Network
      • Trustee Network
      • Risk and Emergency Preparedness Network
    • Emergency and Risk Support
      • Emergency and Risk Resources for Museums
    • Grants
      • Recovery Grants
      • Small Grants
      • Collections Access
    • Organisational Health Check 2018-22
    • Development Support 2015 – 2018
      • Business Development
        • Business Diagnostic
        • Organisational Review Programme
      • Engaging Children & Young People
        • Become a Mystery Shopper
        • Mystery Shopper Programme
      • Digital Strategies
      • Artists in Museums
      • Greener Museums
    • External Conservation Grants
      • The Kathy Callow Grant
      • The Daphne Bullard Grant
      • The Elizabeth Hammond Grant
    • Regional Collections Symposium 2020
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Emergency and Risk Resources for Museums

Here you’ll find a range of resources to support you in emergency preparedness and risk management.

You can also download our ‘What are the Risks to Museums?’ visual and Emergency and Risk Network Information sheet here: MDEM Museums Emergency & Risk Leaflet

ERN Risk Assessment Template when undertaking museum site assessment: Template Risk Assessment of Threats for Museums

Emergency Plan Template – Updated to include pandemics

The ERN network has worked to create a revised Emergency Plan template for museums to ensure it is able to respond to pandemics and in particular the issues raised through the Covid 19 pandemic.

You can download the template and supporting document below:

MDEM Emergency Plan Template

APPENDIX 1 – Forms to copy and use

APPENDIX 2 – Building Maintenance Checklist

We will be officially launching the template in January 2021 alongside a range of training and resources.

Collections Trust

  1. ‘Ten Steps to a Museum Emergency Plan’
  2. Pest Fact Sheets
  3. ‘Emergency planning for collections’ (Spectrum 5 procedure)

DCMS, Business Continuity Planning Tool

Harwell Support Services

Hazards in Collections E-Tool Use this tool to search through common hazards found in collections such as asbestos or controlled drugs, and view current legislation and advice.

Historic England: ‘Writing an Emergency Response Plan’

Museums Galleries Scotland

Museum of London Emergency planning e-tool

Museum of London- Pocket Salvage Guide

Risk Awareness Profiling Tool (RAPT)

Share Museums East – Be prepared: Emergency planning toolkit for Museums’

‘What’s Eating Your Collection’

If you would like to suggest a resource to add to the list or have a question, please contact the Emergency and Risk Network lead Anita Hollinshead.

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