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Collection conundrums : solving collections management mysteries / Rebecca A. Buck and Jean Allman Gilmore.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington, DC : American Association of Museums, c2007.Description: 150 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781933253084 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 069/.5 22
LOC classification:
  • AM133 .B83 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-138) and index.

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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