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Collection Ranking: Making deaccessions work for you

By Caitlin Podas

For all the objects in a museum’s collection that meet the standard criteria for accessioning—they fit the museum’s mission, are in good condition, and have thorough provenance—a significant percentage meet only one (or none) of these …

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