Collection Conundrums: Solving Collections Management Mysteries

by Rebecca A. Buck (Editor), Jean Allman Gilmore

Collection Conundrums provides guidelines for investigating and determining what to do with the oddities found in every museum collection -- objects without record, identification or sometimes even a location. Written by registrars Rebecca Buck and Jean A. Gilmore, editors of the best-selling Museum Registration Methods 5th Edition, this  volume contains essential information for museums large and small, new and old. The text features a history of registration methods and the standards for collection documentation and care, along with sample documents such as loan agreements, co-tenancy agreements, storage agreements, and deed of gift. Essential reading for everyone involved in collections planning and management.

Genres: Museums, Nonfiction, Museology

150 pages, Paperback

First published May 3, 2007

Reviews

[Katie]

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[Kelli]

Great resource, fleshes out practices and procedures in a collegial way. Even made me laugh!