Whenever I have to answer these legal issue type questions, I go to my trusty copy of "A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections" by Marie C. Malaro (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998). She discusses permanent loans in the chapter on Loans: Incoming and Outgoing.

Cathy Westfeldt
Collection Curator
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Willamette University
Salem, Oregon

Ralph Calhoun wrote:

> Does anyony know a good short source
> that discusses the difference between
> donations and what we call "permanent
> loans?"  I need a source to quote in a
> MAPI report. I hope this does not start
> too much discussion, all I need is a
> source, not a lecture. I've dealt with
> "permanent loans" a number of times.
> They actually seem to be a great way to
> get free storage. (Am I starting to
> lecture.) Thanks ahead of time.
>
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