Museum Collections Management

Author : Freda Matassa
Publisher : Facet Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781856047012

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Museum Collections Management by Freda Matassa Pdf

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
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134830527

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Collections Management by Anne Fahy Pdf

An invaluable and practical introduction bringing together leading recent papers emphasising some of the major issues affecting collections management.

Author : Anne Fahy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134830510

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Collections Management by Anne Fahy Pdf

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 : Freda Matassa
Publisher : Facet Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781856049450

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Organizing Exhibitions by Freda Matassa Pdf

This ground-breaking book is the first to provide museum staff, librarians and archivists with practical guidance on creating and organizing successful exhibitions. Drawing on international museum practice but applicable to any exhibition or display, the book sets out a time-line from the initial idea to the final legacy. Backed up by advice and guidance and with a list of resources for those who require in-depth knowledge, it has up-to-date information on new developments such as sustainability and flexibility in environmental conditions. Also included are the ten biggest mistakes and the top ten tips for exhibition success. Part One covers the 10 key stages for a successful exhibition: idea, planning, organization, packing and transport, installation, openings, maintenance and programmes, closure, touring, and legacy. Part Two is a directory of advice and resources, supplementing the information provided in Part One. Readership: Written by an international expert and designed for the first-time exhibition organizer as well as the professional, this book will become the standard for exhibition success. Recommended for museum staff, cultural heritage students, librarians, archivists, private collectors and anyone who needs practical guidance on organizing exhibitions.

Author : John E. Simmons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1442277440

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Things Great and Small by John E. Simmons Pdf

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,Ildiko DeAngelis
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588343222

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A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections, Third Edition by Marie C. Malaro,Ildiko DeAngelis Pdf

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 : Bruce A Campbell,Christian Baars
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780429958991

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The Curation and Care of Museum Collections by Bruce A Campbell,Christian Baars Pdf

Museum curators enter the profession with a specialist subject qualification and yet at some point in their career, many curators find themselves in charge of a range of collections outside of their expert knowledge. Interpreting, curating and caring for mixed collections demands of curators a wide range of knowledge and understanding. The Curation and Care of Museum Collections is designed to give curators the fundamental information and confidence they need to manage and care for all of the collections within their responsibility, regardless of their previous training and experience. Comprising two sections – Museum Collections, and Collection Development and Care – the chapters cover archaeology, art, history, military and natural sciences collections, as well as heritage properties. Every chapter in the book is focused on one type of collection, but all chapters in the collection management section contain advice on topics such as organisational philosophy, documentation, legal issues and materials in order to provide a useful and comprehensive guide to managing collections. The collection care section is structured in the same way, considering the issues of storage; display; handling; moving; packing; housekeeping; health and safety; emergency preparedness; and pest, pollution, environmental, light and vibration management. The contributors to this book are experienced museum professionals, each with their own specialism and a deep understanding of what it means to work in the context of mixed collections. Providing a highly practical guide, The Curation and Care of Museum Collections is essential reading for curators working in all types of museums, galleries and heritage sites, and for students of museology courses around the world.

Author : Rebecca A. Buck,Jean Allmam Gilmore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0838911226

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Museum Registration Methods by Rebecca A. Buck,Jean Allmam Gilmore Pdf

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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Museum registrars
ISBN : UOM:39076001700504

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Registrars on Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Angela Kipp
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442263499

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Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections by Angela Kipp Pdf

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 : Freda Matassa
Publisher : Facet Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781783301874

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Valuing Your Collection by Freda Matassa Pdf

This book addresses the issue of valuing objects in cultural collections, ranging from high-value to low or no-value and featuring a range of collections including fine art, archives, science and photography. Practical advice is given on how to assign values and best practice examples are drawn from museums, libraries and archives. The subject of valuation has always been challenging for museums and public collections and is becoming more urgent as monetary values of many items continue to break records. There is an increase in lending, with more loans requiring a value for insurance. Cultural collections and exhibitions are expanding to all corners of the world, while, at the same time, lenders are becoming more risk-averse. Valuing Your Collection will address the issues and offer some solutions. Content covered includes: questions of valuing public and private cultural collectionsassigning values to individual objects or an entire collectionlegal and ethical considerationsdiscussion of authentication and attributionthe insurance business and valuationguides to valuing different types of collectionsa range of case studies showing valuation across multiple sectorssample templates with criteria for valuing different objects. This book will be useful for curators of cultural collections, professionals in museums, libraries and archives, cultural heritage students, private collectors, those involved with art insurance, art business and anyone requiring practical guidance on valuation.

Author : Elizabeth Wood,Rainey Tisdale,Trevor Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351383516

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Active Collections by Elizabeth Wood,Rainey Tisdale,Trevor Jones Pdf

In recent years, many museums have implemented sweeping changes in how they engage audiences. However, changes to the field’s approaches to collections stewardship have come much more slowly. Active Collections critically examines existing approaches to museum collections and explores practical, yet radical, ways that museums can better manage their collections to actively advance their missions. Approaching the question of modern museum collection stewardship from a position of "tough love," the authors argue that the museum field risks being constrained by rigid ways of thinking about objects. Examining the field’s relationship to objects, artifacts, and specimens, the volume explores the question of stewardship through the dissection of a broad range of issues, including questions of "quality over quantity," emotional attachment, dispassionate cataloging, and cognitive biases in curatorship. The essays look to insights from fields as diverse as forest management, library science, and the psychology of compulsive hoarding, to inform and innovate collection practices. Essay contributions come from both experienced museum professionals and scholars from disciplines as diverse as psychology, education, and history. The result is a critical exploration that makes the book essential reading for museum professionals, as well as those in training.

Author : Milan Jan Půček,František Ochrana,Michal Plaček
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030820282

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Museum Management by Milan Jan Půček,František Ochrana,Michal Plaček Pdf

This book centers on museum management with particular focus on risk management. It sees the museum as a modern institution that, in addition to its classical heritage function (collections management), also provides an educational function and implements this education through experience (the experiential function of the museum). It represents a combination of academic excellence and experience from real managers from museums and other public institutions. Additional topics such as strategic and operational museum management and museum research management are discussed and case studies from daily management practice are included.

Author : Simon Knell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134830459

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Care of Collections by Simon Knell Pdf

This volume provides a practical guide to all aspects of collections care including conservation practice, the monitoring of control of light, relative humidity and atmospheric pollution, biological infestation and disaster planning.

Author : Gail Dexter Lord,Barry Lord
Publisher : AltaMira Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780759113329

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The Manual of Museum Management by Gail Dexter Lord,Barry Lord Pdf

The Manual of Museum Management presents a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the principles of museum organization, the ways in which people work together to accomplish museum objectives, and the ways in which museums, large and small, can function most effectively. This new edition offers updated information on management practices to satisfy the current needs of museum professionals. All new contemporary case studies provided by practitioners from museums and galleries around the world bring the principles to life with first-hand accounts of challenges and achievements in the operation of museums today.