The document announces the 13th annual conference of the International Association of Museum Facility Administrators (IAMFA) to be held September 21-24, 2003 in San Francisco. The conference will take place at several museums around the city and will focus on issues like seismic safety, security, and the role of museums. Attendees can register for the full conference or individual days.

1. I N T E R N AT I O N A L A S S O C I AT I O N O F M U S E U M FA C I L I T Y A D M I N I S T R AT O R S
VOLUME 4
NUMBER 1 PAPYRUS WINTER
2003
San Francisco Calling — The 13th Annual IAMFA
Conference
IAMFA 2003 welcomes you to the City by the Bay! The Tuesday’s theme is “Museums in the Park”, hosted at the
13th Annual IAMFA conference will be held this year in California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park and the
San Francisco, from September 21 to 24, 2003. September Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. On Tuesday
is a great time of year to visit. Although San Francisco enjoys evening, we’ll gather to enjoy a true California barbecue.
a mild Mediterranean climate year-round, our best months Wednesday’s Theme is “Museums on the Water”, featuring
are September and October, when the weather is warm and the locations at the Presidio (guardian of the Golden Gate,
clear, and relatively fog-free! where the Pacific Ocean meets San Francisco Bay), the
We are excited to be hosting this year’s IAMFA conference, San Francisco Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, and
and we look forward to welcoming all of you and your guests Alcatraz Island on the Bay. Wednesday evening culminates
to our museum-rich environment. The host institutions will in the traditional conference closing festivities and banquet.
be the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the California The main subject areas for this year’s conference will be:
Academy of Sciences, the San Francisco Fine Arts Museums • Seismic Issues — the building, retrofitting and operation
and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. of Museums in Earthquake Country
Each day has a specific theme to keep things lively
and interesting. Monday’s theme is “Museums in the City”, • The Role of Museums in Redevelopment and
hosted at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Community Building — museums as agents of change
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Following a tour of the new • Museum Security issues — what has changed in the
home for the Asian Art Museum on Monday afternoon, you’ll past two years and what practices, procedures and
enjoy a cocktail reception and a free evening. equipment support those changes?
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INSIDE
Letter from the President . . 4
Regional Chapters . . . . . . 5
Lighting: Control and
Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Benchmarking Review . . 13
Heritage Loss Post 9/11 . . . 18
Crystal Design for ROM
Renaissance . . . . . . . . . . 20
From the Editor’s Desk . . . 24
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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• The Museum as Sanctuary:
Facilities Revenue, Golden Goose
or Deal with the Devil?
• The Storage and Archiving of
Electronic Media — the entry of
digital art into art conservation,
storage and retrieval The California Academy of Sciences. One of San Francisco’s famed cable cars
— the only mobile National Monuments
in the world.
Sponsors will be exhibiting their
products and services in concert with for lunch. On Tuesday afternoon, guests each additional person. Conference par-
our sessions on Monday and Tuesday. travel down the Peninsula to the huge ticipants should reserve their accommo-
In addition, we will be offering highlight tudor Filoli Mansion and Gardens, set dation directly with the Hotel Milano
presentations on the facilities stories amidst the huge Crystal Springs Preserve. at 1-800-398-7555. We are holding a
behind three of our main historic land- The Preserve contains two large lakes block of rooms at this price in this
marks. The intricacies of maintaining atop the San Andreas Fault, which are convenient location, so please book
the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco’s part of San Francisco’s water supply early. The group room rate will apply
cable cars and the former federal system. The guest program will then to rooms booked from September 19
prison on Alcatraz Island will be rejoin conference delegates for the Tues- through September 28 for those arriving
covered, showcasing the stories day evening barbecue. Wednesday will early, staying later or both!
behind the faces we all know. be unscheduled for guests, with the rec- For airline bookings and additional
This year’s guest program will include ommendation that they join the delegate travel assistance I recommend Jane Scott
a fabulous trip to Wine Country on group for our tour of Alcatraz Island. at Art of Travel, 1-800-948-6673. Be sure
Monday, highlighted by a visit to Copia The conference hotel will be the to mention “IAMFA” when you call the
(the American Center for Wine, Food Hotel Milano, located at 55 Fifth Street Hotel Milano or Jane Scott.
and The Arts), and a winery (or few). between Mission and Market Streets, We look forward to hosting you
Tuesday features a narrated walking conveniently near the San Francisco all at this year’s Annual IAMFA
tour of the downtown area, beginning Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and Conference!
across the street from Hotel Milano at Yerba Buena Gardens, and just around
Joe Brennan
the old U.S. Mint, and ending at the the corner from the San Francisco Centre
Chairman — Conference 2003
classic Garden Court in the Palace Hotel and Nordstrom. The Milano is SFMOMA’s
choice for visiting artists and curators, For more information on this year’s
and the room rate during the conference conference, please contact us at
will be $109 for a single, $20 more for IAMFA2003@netscape.net
The Golden Gate Bridge Alcatraz Island.
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