In one
of my earlier lives I covered for a person who was responsible for special
events in an art museum. More recently I was the director of an historic house
museum where wedding ceremonies were allowed in the house. In both places
it was the policy that nothing be moved, except for two chairs that we always
moved in the historic house. Especially in the art museum collection
pieces were not moved at the request of the renter, and there was language to
that effect in the contract. All of those decisions were
curatorial. Renters were responsible for the behavior of their guests -
and for any damage to collection
objects.