ABSTRACT

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.

part |2 pages

Part I Collections management policies

part |2 pages

Part 2 Acquisitions and protecting cultural property

chapter 5|2 pages

Museums and the horrors of war

chapter 9|4 pages

Collecting for the twenty-first century

chapter 11|4 pages

Acceptance in lieu

chapter 13|6 pages

The Bowes Museum Canaletto Appeal

chapter 15|4 pages

The Science Museum Fund

part |2 pages

Part 3 De-accessioning and disposal

part |2 pages

Part 4 Documentation

part |2 pages

Part 5 Research

part |2 pages

Part 6 Security

chapter 27|4 pages

Security is everybody’s business

chapter 28|4 pages

Museum and gallery security

part |2 pages

Part 7 Insurance and indemnity