The National Park Service’s (NPS) Museum Handbook (PDF) has a chapter on deaccessioning. The 59-page chapter has an overview of the issues, details the decision-making process and required documentation, and discusses issues such as theft, destruction, abandonment, and hazardous objects. The chapter also includes flow charts and forms, such as those used for deaccession, transfer, exchange, and repatriation.
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