Collection conundrums : solving collections management mysteries
Collection conundrums : solving collections management mysteries
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2007
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American Association of Museums
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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.