Hello All!
I am looking for some examples of collection policies, memorandum of agreement, and/or contracts between institutions where one institution stores and cares for the other institution's collections. 
A little background information: We are presently a collecting institution which cares and stores collections for two other institutions with no written contract between each of the other institutions regarding funding, collections management: accessioning and deaccessioning, etc. So we are basically caring for these collections for free and have little control over donations/deaccessions, however we do have full access and use of these collections for our own programming and exhibitions. One of the institutions exists pretty much in name only and is no longer adding to their collections, but there has been talk of revitalizing it.  
The second is still actively collecting with the 3-d objects stored at our site and the archival items at another location.  This second institution has a collections policy which is very close to our own.  As far as staff, I am a department of one (with a few volunteers/interns) overseeing all the paperwork, care, and movement of all three collections.  
With space and finances in short, or in ever decreasing supply, the time has come to address these 50+ year relationships by developing sound policies which benefit all parties involved.
I would also like to know how AAM accredited museums have had to deal with such arrangements.

Thanks for your help.
 
Shannon Lindridge, Registrar

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