All the information you could possibly want -- and more -- is in a number of
readily available publications:

1.  The New Museum Registration Methods -- Marking Chapter by Terry Segal
2.  How to... Mark Objects in Museum Collections by Mariana Munyer
(available from the Illinois Association of Museums: How to #16 (July 1997)
call 217 524-7080)
3.  Marking Objects in Collections: Beyond Fingernail Polish I (Registrars
Commitee of the American Association of Museum -- see their website:
www.rcaam.org, under Benefits, then go to Publications)
4.  Marking Objects in Collections: Beyond Fingernail Polish II (as above)


Janice Klein
Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
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www.mitchellmuseum.org

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Subject: Seeking materials for accessioning/regisration project


I've recently begun working on catching up the catalog of artifacts and
other inventory of the small museum for which I work, and one of the things
that has come up that I do not have in my supplies, is the "stuff" you put
on an artifact on which you write the accession number.

There is also a clear coating that you put over this "base" that seals the
ink. I not only don't know where to find this kind of thing, but I don't
even know what it is called.

Also, if anyone can suggest sources for this, (preferably online sources) as
well as good archival pens with which to mark artifacts, I would appreciate
it!

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