Session Description: This session provides an overview of NYC OEM’s work, emphasizing its partnerships with cultural heritage institutions. It includes a tour of the Incident Command Center, serving as one of the educational sessions during the conference’s attendance at OEM.
Session Description: This session explores museum decarbonization, covering national trends, regulatory pressures, and technologies like heat pumps and geothermal systems. It shares lessons from the North Dakota Heritage Center’s all-electric geothermal system and Bowdoin College’s museums, helping facility administrators understand and implement decarbonization strategies.
Session Description: This seminar and panel discussion explores MoMA’s holistic approach to inculcating a culture of preparedness in daily operations. It addresses expanding threats to museums and how security and facilities leadership can empower staff to respond confidently to incidents affecting the museum.
Session Description: This panel discussion reviews strategies for prioritizing capital expenditures using a holistic approach. It explores ideas on extending the useful life of building systems while maintaining integrity, leveraging related repairs to minimize costs and time impacts, and balancing current technology with pending legislation to provide practical, sustainable solutions for museum needs.
