I am the Curator of Collections at a general museum in Tennessee.
Our "sister" town has an Army base for the 101st airborne division.

With the recent return of many soldiers and civilians from the Middle East,
we are thinking that we are going to be confornted with the possibiblity of
donations of "war booty".  We are very concerned that there might be a fine
line of whether we should accept dontations or not of this sort.  We are
sure that similar institutions around the country will be facing the same
issuses.

Is anyone out there developing a policy on this?  Does the AAM or any other
similar professional oraganization have a developed standard on this type
of thing?  The tide may never come in, but we want to be prepared with a
structured policy and procedure to handle this type of thing if it happens.

Looking for some guidance in this "touchy" area...

Steven Stewart
Curator of Collections
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center

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