Collections Stewardship Resources

Standards

The Alliance shares standards on Collections Stewardship.

Collections Management

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.

• Access to Collections
• Acquisitions and Accessioning
• Deaccessioning & Disposal
• Decolonization
• Digitization
• Documentation and Cataloging
• Library and Archives
• Loans
• Object Marking
• Old Loans and Objects Found in Collections
• Packing, Moving and Shipping

Collections Planning

This section provides resources to assist museums with writing and implementing a collections plan.

Collections Care

This section has information on collections care by type, condition reporting, conservation treatment, historic preservation, planning, preventive care, storage, and handling.

• Collections Care by Type
• Conservation Planning
• Conservation Treatment
• Historic Preservation
• Cyclical Maintenance and Housekeeping
• Integrated Pest Management
• Light
• Temperature and Relative Humidity
• Storage and Handling

Ethical and Legal Collections Issues

This section addresses access to collections records; ownership and protection of cultural and natural resources; rights and reproductions; and tax issues.

• Capitalization of Collections
• Collections Research
• Copyright and Intellectual Property
• Cultural Property
• Tax Issues

Recorded Webinars

The Alliance provides over 70 recorded webinars covering a range of topics including on collections stewardship practices. Purchase of each recorded webinar includes access to the archived recording and presentation materials.