Customized research assistance and a collection of over 1,000 documents of sample policies, plans and forms from museums of all types and sizes.
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The most informative and authoritative professional literature on every aspect of museum operations.
This section has information about access to collections (including digitization); acquisitions & accessioning; appraisals; cataloging (including collections management software); categories of collections; couriering; deaccessioning; inventories; loans; marking; old loans and objects found in collections; packing, moving & shipping; and writing a collections management policy.
This section provides resources to assist museums with writing and implementing a collections plan.
This section has information on collections care by type, condition reporting, conservation treatment, historic preservation, planning, preventive care, storage and handling.
This section addresses access to collections records; ownership and protection of cultural and natural resources; rights and reproductions; and tax issues.