Museum Collections Management : A Handbook

ISBN-13: 9781856047012 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str.

Freda Matassa

Opis

A guide to collections management. It addresses the key principles and strategies for looking after culturally significant objects and their associated information as well as the relevant laws and codes of ethics. It covers the information a collections manager needs to know, whatever the size and type of collection.

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PART 1: COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT: OVERVIEW AND PRINCIPLES1. What is collections management?

• Fundamentals
• Know what you have and where to find it
• A brief history
• An international perspective
• Summary
• References

2. Legal requirements

• Fundamentals
• Artists’ resale rights
• Copyright
• Customs and excise
• CITES and cultural objects
• Cultural goods and taxation in the UK
• Immunity from seizure
• Summary
• References

3. Ethical considerations

• Fundamentals
• Deaccessioning and disposal
• Due diligence
• Provenance
• Summary
• References

4. Practical aspects

• Fundamentals of collection care
• Risk management
• Insurance and indemnity
• Security
• Emergency response
• Summary
• References

PART 2: COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT: PROCESSES5. Documentation

• Fundamentals
• Policy
• Procedures
• Information systems
• Documentation plan
• Cataloguing
• Marking and labelling
• Condition reports
• Inventories
• Retrospective documentation
• Summary
• References

6. Movement

• Fundamentals
• Moving objects within a building
• Handling
• Planning and risk assessment for moves
• Procedures
• Equipment
• External moves
• Planning and risk assessment
• Packing for transport
• Transport
• Documentation
• Summary
• References

7. Storage

• Fundamentals
• Storage buildings
• Storage systems
• Environmental conditions
• Inventory
• Hazardous materials
• Integrated pest management (IPM)
• Summary
• References

8. Acquisitions

• Fundamentals
• Policy
• Legal and ethical requirements
• Contract
• Procedures
• Collections impact
• Catalogue information
• Provenance
• Shared or co-owned works
• Fractional gifts
• Multiple copies, editioned works and e-media
• Commissions
• Unclaimed loans and unwanted gifts
• Summary
• References

9. Loans

• Fundamentals
• Rights and responsibilities
• Loans policy
• Due diligence for loans
• Loans procedure
• Facilities report
• Conditions of loan
• Valuations
• Loan agreement
• Insurance and indemnity
• Long-term loans
• Condition inspection
• Couriers
• Packing and transport
• Return
• Documentation for loans
• Summary
• References

10. Exhibitions and displays

• Fundamentals
• Due diligence policy for loans
• Installation
• In-house displays
• Loans in
• Exhibitions
• Insurance
• Travelling exhibitions
• Exhibition costs
• Summary
• References

11. Access

• Fundamentals
• Options for providing access
• Policy
• Risk assessment
• Study rooms
• Access to stores
• Virtual access
• Summary
• References

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