Organization of the collection and your institution's needs
may help you define how to proceed with your ribbon collection. I would
first consider my museum's mission statement and collecting strategies.
Based on that I would keep what fit both mission and strategy
and deaccession the rest. Condition is another
matter. Some ribbons may be rare and/or important, but in poor
condition. You will have to consider them
individually. Whatever remains would be organized by type,
organization, or date of ribbon. As for storage, ribbons are not easy to
store unless you make individual cradles or backings for each. That can be
relatively easy by cutting gray board to fit each ribbon. The sides can
then be folded up or the ribbons can be attached to each piece of
grayboard. If you store them in drawers without individual protection,
they will slide around and bump into each other. I can't speak to
educational use, but some organizational researchers find ribbons useful in
giving them a picture of what issues were dealt with at particular
conventions.
Jeff Tenuth
Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis, Indiana
Hello!
Our Museum has a very large collection (thousands)
of convention ribbons and we are trying to decide how to move forward with
them. They were accessioned in groups but many of them are severely
damaged and are not suitable for display (some ribbons in the groups are
still in good condition). If you have a ribbon/badge collection, can
you recommend storage procedures? Do you frequently use them for
education or have researchers request to see them? Any help
that anyone can offer is much appreciated!
Megan
Collections Manager
FASNY Museum of
Firefighting
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