Museum Registration Methods -

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Editeur : American Alliance Of Museums

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/06/2020

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 604

Expédition : 1760

Dimensions : 28.6 x 22.1 x 3.7

ISBN : 9781538113103

Résumé :
The sixth edition of Museum Registration Methods is a comprehensive guide to registration and collections management of museum collections, from acquisition, use, and deaccessioning....

Biographie:

John E. Simmons has been a zookeeper, collections manager, field collector, university lecturer, editor, writer, and consultant. He currently teaches workshops and museum studies classes in the United States and internationally and serves as Associate Curator of Collections for the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery at Penn State University.

Toni Kiser is the Assistant Director for Collections Management at The National WWII Museum. She oversees all aspects of registration and collection management and has worked on various projects including large exhibition installations, digitization projects, storage moves, artifact re-housing, and cataloging and nomenclature standards.

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Sommaire:

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Sample Collection Forms

Acknowledgements

Letter from the Collections Stewardship Chairperson

Letter from the ARCS Chairperson

Preface

Part I-The Profession

Chapter 1A. A Very Brief History of the Profession

Chapter 1B. The Straw that Stirs the Drink?The Role of the Registrar in the Museum World

Chapter 1C. Resources for Registrars and Collections Managers

Chapter 1D. Caring for the Nation's Treasures?The National Park Service Museum Program

Part 2-Collection Management Policies

Chapter 2. Collection Management Policies

Part 3-The Basics

Chapter 3A. Initial Custody and Documentation

Chapter 3B. Acquisitions and Accessioning

Chapter 3C. Repositories

Chapter 3D. Provenance Research in Museums-An Overview

Chapter 3E. Documenting Contemporary Art

Chapter 3F. Living and Natural History Collections Registration

Chapter 3G. Managing Digital Art

Chapter 3H. Old Loans and Museum Property Laws

Chapter 3I. Deaccessioning and Disposal

Chapter 3J. Found in Collection

Chapter 3K. Loans

Chapter 3L. Organizing Loan and Traveling Exhibits

Chapter 3M. Displays from Within-Considerations for Collections-Based Exhibits

Part 4-Records Management

Chapter 4A. Types of Records and Files

Chapter 4B. Manual Systems

Chapter 4C. Computer Systems and Data Management

Chapter 4D. Digital Asset Management Systems

Chapter 4E. Basic Components of Institutional Archives

Part 5-Collections Management

Chapter 5A. Numbering

Chapter 5B. Object Handling

Chapter 5C-Digitization

Chapter 5D. Measuring

Chapter 5E. Condition Reporting

Chapter 5F. Marking

Chapter 5G. Bar Codes and RFID Tags

Chapter 5H. Photography

Chapter 5I. Preventive Care

Chapter 5J. Storage

Chapter 5K. Inventory

Chapter 5L. Preparation

Chapter 5M. Moving and Rigging Safely

Chapter 5N, Packing and Crating

Chapter 5O, Shipping by Land, Air, and Sea

Chapter 5P. Import and Export: Guidelines for International Shipping

Chapter 5Q. Couriering

Chapter 5R. Off-site Storage

Part 6-Risk Assessment and Management

Chapter 6A. Risk Management Overview

Chapter 6B. Emergencies?Prepare, Respond, Recover

Chapter 6C. Security Systems and Fire Protection Systems

Chapter 6D. Insurance

Chapter 6E. Integrated Pest Management

Chapter 6F. Registrars and Sustainability

Part 7-Ethical and Legal Issues

Chapter 7A. Ethics for Registrars and Collections Managers

Chapter 7B. The Care of Sacred and Culturally Sensitive Objects

Chapter 7C. Copyright

Chapter 7D. Rights and reproductions

Chapter 7E. Appraisal

Chapter 7F. Implementing NAGPRA

Chapter 7G. Biological Materials-Fish, Wildlife, and Plants

Part 8-Use of Collections

Chapter 8A. Hosting Traveling Exhibitions

Chapter 8B. Research

For Your Consideration

Glossary

About the Editors and Contributors

Appendix Collection Forms

Index