Vibration Control for Museums
During Construction
The Art of Vibration Control
(Recorded Presentation, Building Museums 2025)
Demonstration of Vibration Monitoring for Museum Construction Projects
(WJE Video, also embedded below)
Vibrations and Museum Collections, Part 1 – The Effects of Vibrations from Human Traffic and Construction on Museum Collections
(Papyrus magazine)
Vibration Mitigation and Sound Testing in SUE Hall at the Field Museum in Chicago
(APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology)
Vibration Control During Museum Construction Projects
(WJE Webinar)
Vibration Limits for Historic Buildings and Art Collections
(APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology)
Vibration Control During Museum Construction Projects
(Journal of the American Institute for Conservation)
Targeted Vibration Control During Internal Construction - The Neue Galerie New York
(Papyrus magazine)
During Musical and Loud Noise Events
Research: Vibratory Impacts of Music and Transport on Museum Collections
(Research article)
Findings of Research Questionnaire on Vibratory Impacts of Music and Transport on Museum Collections
(WJE Webinar)
Vibrations and Museum Collections, Part 2 – The Effects of Vibrations from Musical Events and Transportation on Museum Collections
(Papyrus magazine)
Vibration Mitigation and Sound Testing in SUE Hall at the Field Museum in Chicago
(APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology)
Vibratory Impacts of Music and Transport on Museum Collections, with update on "Good Practice Guide for Musical Events at Museums"
Watch the presentation by WJE Principal Arne Johnson (Vibration & Conservation International Symposium, Paris, France, November 7, 2024)
Coming 2025: “Good Practice Guide for Musical Events at Museums” (subscribe to WJE News to be the first to know)
Museum Vibration Projects
- The Field Museum - Chicago, IL
- Saint Louis Art Museum - St. Louis, MO
- Art Institute of Chicago: Modern Wing - Chicago, IL
- Art Institute of Chicago: Loggias - Chicago, IL
- Neue Gallery - New York, NY
- Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum - St. Louis, MO
- Art Institute of Chicago: NASCAR Street Racing Monitoring - Chicago, IL
- Portland Art Museum - OR
- Joslyn Art Museum - Omaha, NE
- Baltimore Museum of Art - Baltimore, MD
- Taft Museum of Art - Cincinnati, Ohio
- Clark Art Institute - Williamstown, MA
- Oriental Institute Museum -Chicago, IL
- Taft Museum of Art - Cincinnati, OH
- Smart Museum - Chicago, IL
- Pulitzer Arts Foundation - St. Louis, MO
- Carnegie Museum of Art - Pittsburgh, PA
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery - Buffalo, NY
- Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art - Logan, UT
- Frist Art Museum - Nashville, TN
- Birmingham Museum of Art - AL
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art - Fort Worth, TX
- Baltimore Museum of Art - MD
- State Historical Museum of Iowa - Des Moines, IA
- Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum - West Branch, IA
- Longview Museum of Fine Arts - TX
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - Nashville, TN
- Driskell Center - College Park, MD
- Wiregrass Museum of Art - Dothan, AL
- Dubuque Museum of Art - IA
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - Richmond, VA
