Disaster management and preventive conservation in cultural heritage: Konya Archaeology Museum case

Abstract

This study focuses on the first stage of the disaster management cycle in cultural heritage, including risk preparedness and preventive conservation. The main objective is to develop a systematic approach to evaluate and investigate old museum buildings in the pre-disaster stage. Konya Archaeology Museum was chosen as a case study to test the applicability of this systematic approach, mainly the RE-ORG model and Visual Preassessment Method: UNI EN 16096 (2012. Standard for Condition Survey and Report of Built Cultural Heritage. https://www.enstandard.eu/csn-en-16096-conservation-of-cultural-property-condi tion-survey-and-report-of-built-cultural-heritage) was used to develop preventive conservation measures against the risks before they turned into damage. Thus, the magnitude of risks was determined and their prioritization was done for building and components.