Museum Collections Management

Author : Freda Matassa
Publisher : Facet Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1856047016
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Museum Collections Management written by Freda Matassa and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark publication is the first to draw together all aspects of museum collections management in one handbook. It is designed for anyone with responsibility for a cultural collection and covers everything a collections manager needs to know. It describes professional practice in managing cultural objects and works of art, whatever the size and nature of the collection. The book includes essential information on: Legal aspects of collections Ethical issues such as due diligence and immunity from seizure Up to date concerns such as sustainability, crossing borders and financial constraints Loans, acquisitions, inventory and movement. The book describes all collections management procedures in a simple step-by-step process and is clear and easy to use with all procedures based on international museum practice. Examples of real forms, policies and documents drawn from major museums are included throughout the text and act as guides for any transaction. Readership: Packed full of practical information, advice and good practice, this will be essential reading for all museum professionals, curators of private collections and museum studies students.

Author : Anne Fahy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134830521
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collections Management written by Anne Fahy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable and practical introduction bringing together leading recent papers emphasising some of the major issues affecting collections management.

Author : John E. Simmons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781442277441
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Things Great and Small written by John E. Simmons and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2018 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of Things Great and Small is a comprehensive resource for preparing and applying collections management policies. Simmons reviews current ideas and literature on the subject, highlights the issues that collections management policies should address, and explains the pros and cons of choosing some policy options over others.

Author : Marie C. Malaro
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588343227
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections, Third Edition written by Marie C. Malaro and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed when it was first published in 1985 as the bible of U.S. collections management, A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections offers the only comprehensive discussion of the legal questions faced by museums regarding collections. This revised and expanded third edition addresses the many legal developments—including a comprehensive discussion of stolen art and the international movement of cultural property, recent developments in copyright, and the effects of burgeoning electronic uses—that have occurred during the past twenty-five years. An authorative, go-to book for any museum professional, Legal Primer offers detailed explanations of the law, suggestions for preventing legal problems, and numerous case studies of lawsuits involving museum collections.

Author : Angela Kipp
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442263490
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections written by Angela Kipp and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing previously unmanaged collections can be challenging. The process of securing the collection and making it accessible needs the mindset of a collections manager as well as the one of a project manager. The target audience are museum professionals with a basic training in collections care that are confronted with collections that are either large in numbers (1000+ artifacts) or stored confusingly, or both. The book is a step-by-step guide how to approach this situation, assuming that there's nothing to start with but a collection that has to be accessioned and the person who is assigned to do it. It is about how to bring order into the chaos, to define what is needed in terms of time, money, staff and material, to spot facility issues and potential dangers, and to use the power of networking to solve an otherwise unsolvable task. Many chapters conclude with “logical exits,” the points at which the collection in a condition that allows you to leave it for the next curator to take over. A common issue is that time frames are often so tight that the target of having the collection in good shape at the end of a contract or at a fixed date can’t be met. Another common scenario may be that other projects become more important and you have to stop working on the collection, which might sound familiar to many directors of small museums. “Logical exits” are the points you can do this without risking that everything you’ve done so far or since the last “logical exit” was a waste of time. For contractors those “logical exits” might serve as orientation points when negotiating the work that has to be done on the collection.

Author : Anne Fahy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134830513
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collections Management written by Anne Fahy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collections Management brings together leading papers exploring some of the major issues affecting collections management. Providing information about initiatives and issues for anyone involved in collections management, Fahy identifies the main issues relating to collecting and disposal of collections and discusses why museums should develop appropriate documentation systems. Examining the status of research within museums, the various sources of advice relating to security and addresses the basics of insurance and indemnity, Collections Management is an invaluable and very practical introduction to this topic for students of museum studies and museum professionals.

Author : Rebecca A. Buck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780838911228
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Museum Registration Methods written by Rebecca A. Buck and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rewritten, expanded and fully updated, MRM5 encompasses all that needs to be known and done when a museum accessions, measures, marks, moves, and displays or stores an object/artifact of any kind. MRM5 includes expert advice from more than 60 acknowledged leaders in their disciplines. New with the 5th edition are special teaching sections that challenge students and seasoned staff alike with questions about the process and procedures of accessioning and caring for objects.

Author : John E. Simmons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 153818379X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Things Great and Small written by John E. Simmons and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of Things Great and Small continues to be a comprehensive resource for developing, implementing, and revising collection management policies and includes new information for addressing prolonged or permanent closure of museums, wider parameters for collection storage environments, and sustainable collection management practices.

Author : John E. Simmons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781442277458
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Things Great and Small written by John E. Simmons and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2018 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of Things Great and Small is a comprehensive resource for preparing and applying collections management policies. Simmons reviews current ideas and literature on the subject, highlights the issues that collections management policies should address, and explains the pros and cons of choosing some policy options over others.

Author : Rebecca A. Buck
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493082094
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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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.