Dear Lindy,

You will find information on deaccessioning in:

S.E. Weil, A Cabinet of Curiosities. Inquiries into museums and their prospects, Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press 1995, chapter 11: The Deaccessioning Cookie Jar

M.C. Malaro, Museum Governance. Mission, Ethics, Policy, Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press 1994, the part called Deaccessioning: The American Perspective.

M.C. Malaro, A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections, Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press 2d edition 1998, chapter: The Disposal of Objects: Deaccessioning. 

F. Feldman, S. Weil, Art Works: Law, Policy and Practice (Materials and Commentary), s.l. 1974 (third edition) including deaccessioning-protocols.

Annemarie Beunen
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