Protecting Your Historic House Museum, Protecting Your Visitors

So how exactly do I offer safe air circulation in my historic property with no HVAC system? How do I keep my collections safe and my visitors safe? If you’ve found yourself wondering this over the past few years, you have to join us at this MA History Conference Session!

Historic New England owns and operates 38 historic house museums from Rhode Island to Mid-Coast Maine. The process of safely opening properties to the public across five states in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic was challenging, to say the least. Ben Haavik, Historic New England’s team leader for property care, and Margaret Back, a preservation manager for seven of those properties, spearheaded an effort to make the visitor and staff experience as safe as possible by providing supplemental air flow and filtration at the museums. They will discuss their research, the three strategies they developed, and the results of their work in MERGING TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES WITH TECHNOLOGY: AIR CIRCULATION STRATEGIES FOR SMALL MUSEUMS.

Check out the 2022 MA History Conference program to learn more about these and other sessions.

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