Here are some of my suggestions regarding the questions on deaccessiong
objects.

It depends on what your deed of gift originally states.  If your deed
states that the gift is an unconditional gift and assigns all copyright,
title etc. to the institution, you are under no obligation to publish,
offer back the gift, etc.  I also think that offering back the gift may
make the donor offended no matter how politely you state why you are
deaccessioning the object.  We offer objects to like institutions.  I'm
not exactly sure, but selling objects to other museums is probably
unethical, so I would suggest if you sell them to do it in a public
venue, auction or something in that nature and where your donor is
unlikely to see.

Susan Lerner
Collections Manager/Registrar
The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust



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