Record details

• ISBN: 9781933253084 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 1933253088 (alk. paper)
• Physical Description: 150 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
• Publisher: Washington, DC : American Association of Museums, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-138) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Public trust -- The accessioned object -- History of collecting and development of standards -- Some business methods in the Metropolitan Museum of Art / by Henry Watson Kent -- "A piece of the True Cross : relics and oddities," an exhibition from the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum -- Museum collections terminology -- Systematic approaches : introduction to object conundrums -- Old loans -- Found in collection -- Unsolicited deposits -- Finding lenders, donors and artists -- Minor conundrums -- The stranger within : managing supplemental collections / by Holly Young -- Just say no! -- Policies and procedures -- Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture : complexity and care in the inland Northwest / by Rebecca Buck -- Accessioning the N.C. Wyeth House and Studio / by Jean Allman Gilmore.

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Museums > Collection management.