The book is :
Barry Lord, Gail Dexter Lord & John Nicks: 'The Cost of Collecting.
Collection Management in UK Museums' (London, Her Majesty's Stationery
Office, 1989). The report was commissioned by the (the) UK Office of Arts &
Libraries.

Barry Lord is now vice president of Lord Cultural Resources Planning &
Management Ltd (Toronto), and they have a web site: http://www.lord.ca


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At 09:57 21/04/00 -0700, you wrote:
>What does it cost per year for the care and oversight of a single museum
>object?
>This amount was calculated by someone a few years ago in some published
>essay. What was the amount? Who was the author, what was the
>publication, what would that amount be today? Any help is appreciated.
>Please reply off line.
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