>At the Museum of Victoria Social History Department we have many items,
>acquired in the past, which are covered by copyright law; books, posters,
>artworks, etc. Copyright was not acquired at the same time. We will continue
>
>to acquire such items. I would like to rework out donation agreement to
>include options for the donor to assign copyright to us.

It would surprise me greatly if you can pull this off, largely because I
would not expect the donors to be the copyright holders. Maybe I'm
overlooking some detail here, but publishers go to great lengths to get
complete copyright control and at least in the US, they are rarely happy to
give it away.
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