Sorry!
By policy I meant a management plan rather than an insurance policy.
Regards
Jennifer
At 09:02 27/04/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Jennifer,
>
>The American Federation of Arts offers an excellent insurance program called
>Artsure that will resolve the sort of problems you are having (at below
market
>rates for annual blanket polices).  Call our Artsure Representative, Lynn
>Marcin, at Huntington Block Insurance in Washington, DC,  Phone:
800-424-8830.
>
>This will also help you to direct more money into programing where it
belongs.
>
>Best Wishes,
>
>John W. Nichols
>Director of  Museum Services
>
>
>Jennifer Nuske wrote:
>
>> The movable cultural heritage (and guests) at our historic site consist of
>> the following:
>>
>> - archaeological material (archaefacts, I call them)
>> - artefacts (in the sense of furniture, plates, documents etc)
>> - building remnants (including original wallpaper and garden fencing)
>> - material used for display with no providence to the site whatsoever (some
>> - reproductions but others are valuable antiques etc in their own right)
>>
>> There are two "collections" to encompass the above at present. We think
>> there are practical reasons for sub-categories of material but know the
>> present two are inadequate and that an umbrella policy that spells out the
>> best sub-groups and how they communicate with each other is overdue. I
>> would like to hear from anyone who has dealt with trying to produce
>> something similar. Replies on or off-list most welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jennifer Nuske
>> CURATOR
>> Port Arthur Historic Site
>> Port Arthur, TAS 7182
>> Australia
>