Susannah,

While I am not 100% sure (and maybe someone else can
correct me on this) but I believe that there is a time
limit on situations such as this one. 

In other words, if neither the donor/lender or museum
has documented proof of the donation/loan but the
organization has had the item for a number of years it
is officially the museum's property because the
organization has been caring for it for such a long
period of time. This would make it impossible for a
descendant to claim ownership of the said item. 

Lori Yeager

> 
> A related question:  at the John Rankin House in
> Ripley, Ohio, there are
> several items that were loaned by a descendant
> sometime in the early 1960s.
>  However, there doesn't seem to be any loan
> documentation.  Should a
> descendant show up wanting these items returned, how
> would he/she prove
> ownership?
> 
> Susannah West
> Ripley, Ohio
> 
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