Posted on Oct 7, 2023
Have an heirloom ruined by climate disaster? There's a hotline to call for help
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La Casa del Libro Museum Library in San Juan was among the many cultural institutions to suffer devastating consequences after hurricanes Irma and Maria walloped Puerto Rico in 2017. Human-driven climate change was the engine behind both.
Strong winds caused the museum's power to go out. This meant no air conditioning. And the high humidity levels threatened the museum's world-class collection of 15th century books and artworks with mold.
About a month after disaster struck, the institution put out a call to the National Heritage Responders Hotline for help.
La Casa del Libro Museum Library in San Juan was among the many cultural institutions to suffer devastating consequences after hurricanes Irma and Maria walloped Puerto Rico in 2017. Human-driven climate change was the engine behind both.
Strong winds caused the museum's power to go out. This meant no air conditioning. And the high humidity levels threatened the museum's world-class collection of 15th century books and artworks with mold.
About a month after disaster struck, the institution put out a call to the National Heritage Responders Hotline for help.
Have an heirloom ruined by climate disaster? There's a hotline to call for help
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Such a disaster was a risk regardless because of the location. That's like building a structure around California somewhere or Japan and not having it rated to withstand earthquakes.
Moving forward what they should do is have some of their folks do intern work at the Vatican library/archives, or heck even our own National Archives building, and make notes of how they preserve important stuff over the environment and time.
Moving forward what they should do is have some of their folks do intern work at the Vatican library/archives, or heck even our own National Archives building, and make notes of how they preserve important stuff over the environment and time.
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