Dear Colleagues:

I am working for a museum that is attempting to gain ownership of a fabulous
collection of international cultural objects that are owned by the local
school district. A hometown young man collected objects during his travels
during the 1920s-30s and returned to open a small "museum" within the school
in the late 1930s. Upon his death, he willed the objects to the school
district.

In the 1980s, a group formed to professionally manage the collection and
museum and is doing a fine job. We are now attempting to transfer ownership
to the museum proper, under the threat of the museum board selling the
collection. We do not believe they are legally allowed to do so, but I'm
just wondering...

have any of you encountered such a situation?

Joann Lindstrom
Museum Consultant
Candor, NY

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