Advances in the protection of museum collections from earthquake damage: papers from a symposium held at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Villa on May 3- 4, 2006/ edited by Jerry Podany

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Michael Brand -- The Challenge / Jerry Podany -- New Developments in Seismology: The Ground Motion Environment of the Los Angeles Region / Paul G. Somerville and Robert W. Graves -- Seismic Isolation and Damping Systems: Improving Earthquake Performance of Buildings / Charles A. Kircher and Alex G. Tarics -- Developments in Seismic Protection of Historic Structures / William S. Ginell -- Seismic Protection of Museums and Museum Collections in India / O. P. Agrawal -- Seismic Mount Making: A Review of the Protection of Objects in the J. Paul Getty Museum from Earthquake Damage / McKenzie Lowry, B. J. Farrar, David Armendariz and Jerry Podany -- Finalizing the Design of Seismic Isolators for the Antiquities Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Matthew J. Schoettler and Andreas Stavridis -- The Seismic Isolation of Rodin's The Gates of Hell / Kimio Kawaguchi -- Seismic Risk Mitigation in Istanbul Museums / Mustafa Erdik, Neura Erturk and Eser Durukal -- Seismic Mitigation at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco / Donna Strahan -- Case Study: A Review of Seismic Mitigation Efforts for Museums in Greece / Constantine Spyrakos, Ioannis Koutromanos and Charilaos Maniatakis -- Seismic Isolation System for the Statue of Hermes at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia / Vlasis Koumousis -- Earthquake Mitigation at the Seattle Art Museum / Nicholas Dorman -- Case Studies: The Conservator's Role in Seismic Mitigation of Artwork at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art / John W. Hirx -- Earthquake Protection of Historic House Collections in California State Parks / Nancy Mendez, Karen Hildebrand and Robert Sieger -- Protecting Temporary Exhibitions from Earthquakes: Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment / Brian Considine and Ziyad Duron -- Performance Expectations for Microcrystalline Waxes for the Seismic Protection of Art Objects / Anne Crowley and Debra F. Laefer -- Case Study: Low-Budget Seismic Mitigation Methods for a Museum in Ithaca / Victoria McGuinness.