Collections Stewardship

  • Rethinking the Rembrandt Rule

    By James M. Vaughan
    This article originally appeared in the March/April 2008 of Museum magazine. Treat every object as if it were a Rembrandt. For decades this simple idea has been taught and accepted as the basis of good museum practice. It is the …

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