We're a general history museum with about 40,000 items in our museum collection plus a library /archives collection, a living gardens collection and 2 historic houses. Our insititutional budget is about $6 million. We have 5 curators and 2 registrars to manage all acquisitions and the museum collection. Due to the complexity of the total institutional collections our policies are somewhat complicated, but if you will send a mailing address to me at my personal e-mail address (not the museum list) , I'll be happy to send you a copy of the chapter on acquisitions (or the whole collections managment policy if you want it). When it was re-written in 1996, other museums were very generous about sending me copies of their policies along with permission to crib whatever I wanted from them so I consider the final product a professional group effort.
Linda Bitley
Interim Registrar
Atlanta History Center
130 West paces Ferry Road, NW
Atlanta, GA 30305-1366
T: 404/814-4053
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W: atlantahistory.net
>>> Audra Oliver <[log in to unmask]> 03/30/00 10:01PM >>>
Kimberly -
We have a collections committee chaired by a BLM archeologist with some
museum background, an advisory board member (we do not have a governing
board) with a background in textiles. Three other advisory board members.
The committee was a three person committee, then expanded to five. It will
probably contract again. In what is a break from standard museum practices
and I hope unusual, the committee has final authority. Our budget is about
$150,000.00. We have two full time people and two to three part timers.
All can handle some aspects of new acquisions. The committee meets three to
four times a year or as needed.
Audra Oliver
Rock Springs Historical Museum
Rock Springs, WY
----- Original Message -----
From: Kimberly Beach <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 3:04 PM
Subject: Policies on new acquisitions
> Hi to all,
>
> I am curious to know what the procedure is for new
> acquisitions at other institutions.
>
> Do you have a committee?
> If so, who is on it?
> Who has the final authority to accept or reject an
> possible donation?
> What is the size of your institution?
> Which staff member handles new acquisitions?
> How often do you hold meetings?
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help.
>
> Kimberly A. Beach
> Curator
> Historical Society of Rockland County
>
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