Maeve:

I number exhibit props in the same fashion as collection items except that each has the prefix "EX" before the number (example: EX2002.2.13.  I keep a log and file of receipts and gift aknowledgements with the item numbers noted.  If we had a functional database I would think about how I might use it to track props but since we don't, I haven't.

I had 2 goals in marking our props: 1) to make sure that the really good repros didn't get confused with collection items and 2) to prove that my department paid for them so I can claim the proceeds to put back into new exhibits if and when I resell the items.

Dan

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Dan Bartlett
Curator of Exhibits
Midway Village & Museum Center
Rockford, IL
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