Download or read book Bibliography Deaccessioning and Disposal of Museum Collections written by Ulrike Unfug and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recommendations for Deaccessioning and Disposal of Permanent Museum Collections in the Small Museum written by Gwen Corder and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deaccession Standards Practices in Local History Museums written by Jane Grossman and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deaccessioning (permanently removing an object from a museum’s collection through sale, donation, or disposal) has often been a lightning rod for controversy, especially in recent years. It can also be an opportunity, particularly for local history museums, to dispose of objects that do not add educational, historic, or monetary value to their collection, thus creating more space and time to provide adequate care for the rest of their collection. Local history museums were oftentimes founded by amateur historians or local citizen groups who did not necessarily have a defined vision or scope for their collection. Many history museum collections today are inundated with objects that do not benefit the public and do not serve the museum’s mission, making it more difficult to properly house and care for the collection as a whole. One such museum is the Elmhurst History Museum (EHM), a small regional history museum located in the western suburbs of Chicago. EHM’s permanent collection has been long overdue for a large-scale deaccession; many of the objects within the collection do not fall within the collection’s scope, do not relate to local history, and do not have any educational or monetary value. In winter 2023, the museum was tasked with getting their storage facility up to fire safety code, which required the removal of dozens of shelves and the relocation of hundreds of objects. This task isn’t as simple as picking an item off a shelf and moving it to a vacant spot; EHM has an overcrowding problem. Almost every square inch of shelving is occupied by artifacts, textile boxes, furniture, and other objects relating to Elmhurst history. Large-scale deaccessioning is an opportunity for EHM to create more space at their off-site storage warehouse, thus allowing the collections staff to adequately care for the collection and ensure fire safety protocols are observed. Using the Elmhurst History Museum deaccession project as a case study, this thesis reviews the best practices for deaccessioning and offers recommendations for museum professionals facing similar dilemmas within their collection.
Download or read book A Bibliography of Museum Studies written by Simon J. Knell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive bibliographic reference for students and others wishing to investigate the contemporary literature on museums and collections. The references are systematically arranged into sections including collections management, communication and exhibitions, museum education, material culture, the museums profession and museum management. Compiled from the research and teaching materials of the Department of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester it provides an essential resource for anyone studying, or working in, museums. Containing more than 4,000 references, this new bibliography provides ready access to the literature whether you are developing a disaster plan or visitor survey, or studying the history of museum education.
Download or read book Ideally Reality written by Tomasina De Vitis and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deaccessioning artifacts from museums has become a widely accepted practice as a tool for responsible and sustainable collections management. Standard deaccession policies have been developed to govern the ethical practices, and are valuable tools for accountability. However, there is a lack of research into practical application of deaccession policies in museums. This study is designed to explore the alignment of current best practices found in policies with the emerging application within history museums. The research relies on the analysis of written policies from museums and discussions regarding their deaccession projects for consistencies, and the prevalent practices as they coincide with the policies. The purpose of this study is to determine which parts of the ideal process of deaccessioning represented by policy are manifest when applied to the wide variety of material found in history museum collections. Nine museums from across the country were selected to participate in the study. Eight submitted a copy of the deaccession policy used in their institution, and staff from each museum participated in a semi-structured interview to discuss their deaccessioning practices. The results of this research show that although transferring objects is the advocated preference for the majority of museums, in practice the disposal methods chosen rely heavily on the object's physical and historical integrity. While the objects with strong documentation and good physical condition are often transferred, the majority of deaccessioned objects are found lacking in significance and disposed of through sales. This seems to support the need for further understanding of the links between deaccession criteria and disposal method as a valuable area to address accountability.
Download or read book A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections written by Marie C. Malaro and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1985 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers issues that bear on collection management and that may arise in relation to the acquisition and disposal of objects, loans, appraisals, tax considerations, insurance, and visitor and employee safety.
Download or read book Heritage Futures written by Rodney Harrison and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preservation of natural and cultural heritage is often said to be something that is done for the future, or on behalf of future generations, but the precise relationship of such practices to the future is rarely reflected upon. Heritage Futures draws on research undertaken over four years by an interdisciplinary, international team of 16 researchers and more than 25 partner organisations to explore the role of heritage and heritage-like practices in building future worlds. Engaging broad themes such as diversity, transformation, profusion and uncertainty, Heritage Futures aims to understand how a range of conservation and preservation practices across a number of countries assemble and resource different kinds of futures, and the possibilities that emerge from such collaborative research for alternative approaches to heritage in the Anthropocene. Case studies include the cryopreservation of endangered DNA in frozen zoos, nuclear waste management, seed biobanking, landscape rewilding, social history collecting, space messaging, endangered language documentation, built and natural heritage management, domestic keeping and discarding practices, and world heritage site management.
Download or read book Bibliography on De accessioning written by Catherine D. Scott and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Procedures for Deaccessioning and Disposal of Works of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book De accessioning written by Smithsonian Institution. Museum Reference Center and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deaccessioning of Museum Collections written by Diane Marie Bryant and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collections Vol 9 N2 written by Collections and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals" is a multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the discussion of all aspects of handling, preserving, researching, and organizing collections. Curators, archivists, collections managers, preparators, registrars, educators, students, and others contribute.
Download or read book Deaccessioning and Museum Collections written by Anne Marie Roten and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliography for Conservation of Museum Collections written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collection Conundrums written by Rebecca A. Buck and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection Conundrums: Solving Museum Registration Mysteries provides guidelines for investigating the oddities found in every museum collection - objects without record, identification or sometimes even a location - and determining what to do. Written by registrars Rebecca Buck and Jean A. Gilmore, editors of the best-selling The New Museum Registration Methods, this new volume contains essential information for museums large and small, new and old. The text offers solutions to the problems of old loans, undocumented objects found in collections, items lost in inventory, supplementary collections and more, as well as guidelines on how to keep problems from occurring in the first place. Features a history of registration methods and the standards for collection documentation and care, along with sample documents such as loan agreements, co-tenancy agreements, storage agreements and deed of gift. Recommended for everyone involved in collections planning and management.
Download or read book Disposal from Museum Collections written by Jennifer M. Durrant and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Care of Collections written by Simon Knell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-04 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a practical guide to all aspects of collections care including conservation practice, the monitoring of control of light, relative humidity and atmospheric pollution, biological infestation and disaster planning.
