2025
SCHEDULE
Preparedness for Demonstrations and Protests
1:30–2:10 pm
| Tuesday, Sept. 23The threat landscape is constantly evolving and is more than ever engaged with the interconnective nature of the global community. These elements of evolution and global interconnectivity are a 24-hour-per-day cycle as threats continue to develop. Maintaining the public’s confidence in our ability to provide the highest level of protection to visitors, staff, and collections is predicated on our specific jurisdiction. In order to be successful, we must delay and intercept a bad action from ever occurring. If we respond to the aftermath, we have failed. The current threat landscape is further complicated; there is domestic discontent that runs the full spectrum of social concerns. In this session, we will discuss the Smithsonian’s approach to the identification, analysis, and mitigation of known and unknown demonstrations in order to best protect our cultural properties.
