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if it is treated at all

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and have only begun to be investigated

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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 Ages 8+ Department of Cultural HeritageEdited by Jerry Podany For nearly three decades, the J. Paul Getty Museum has played a leading role in the development of seismic mitigation for museum collections. Contributors to this volumeranging from museum conservators, mount makers, and historical archaeologists, to seismologists and structural engineersdiscuss and illustrate a wide variety of earthquake mitigation efforts for collections, from the simple and inexpensive to the complex and