We track what we call "non-accessioned" objects (such as exhibit props,
living history props, duplicates).  They get "NA numbers" (e.g.
2006.1.NA1), are permanently marked, and tracked in our database.  We
have some NA objects that could easily be confused with accessioned
artifacts, so the permanent number lets us know the object is a prop and
not an artifact that has lost its number.

Deborah Thomas
Collections Manager/Registrar
Atlanta History Center 
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Tracking Prop Items


Hello,
 
I'm with a new museum and will soon be establishing our numbering
systems. In one of our exhibit areas we will have a significant amount
of prop items, so I was wondering how other places tracked these items.
Do you log them in your regular collections database and just use a
different letter to differentiate them from the permanent collection, or
are there other solutions? I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
 
Thanks!
Maeve
 
Maeve Gaynor
Collections Manager
National Law Enforcement Museum
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
400 7th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004
p: 703.864.6727
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