I am wondering if anyone has any experience or opinions on the following 2
topics -- 1) corporate loans, where works from a museum's collection would
be placed for a period of time at a business; and 2) what is the path a
proposed accession takes through your museum (does it start as a loan
until its accession process is completed, or are there other methods) and
how much time is given to research prior to accessioning it?  I am
registrar at the Art Museum of Western Virginia (in Roanoke, VA).  We have
a fairly new director, and so are re-evaluating our current practices.  We
would greatly appreciate other museum-workers sharing experience and
intuition on these areas.  Thanks for your attention.


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Mary LaGue