ABSTRACT
The article deals with the methodology of risk management in cultural assets, addressing as a starting point the Brazilian context of renowned institutions that have experienced disasters in recent years, usually associated with fires and negligence of its administrators, given the lack of resources or absence of conservation plans. After approaching the context and explaining the importance of the theme, whose bibliographic production is extensive and widespread, produced mainly by renowned centres in the field of world heritage preservation, a detailed reading is made of the methodology established by ICCROM (2016), in order to highlight the role of human action – the anthropic component in the dynamics of heritage conservation. The successive steps that make up the methodology are presented and detailed, namely: understanding the context, identifying, analysing, and evaluating the risks, treating cultural assets, and monitoring future developments. The main goal is to discuss how successive uncoordinated interventions in a historic building can cause serious damage – especially when the implementation of a conservation plan is something affordable and of extreme gain in the medium and long terms. Through the exposition of the stages, the paper reflects on the application of such actions to contribute to the future conservation of the Museum. The issues addressed in this article are part of a larger research context, whose ongoing research is funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP (Direct Doctorate Scholarship - Processes no. 2019/10406-0 and 2021/06944-7).
