A question for registrars, collections managers, or
curators:
Locust Grove is a historic house museum, and we’re
revising our Collections Policy. We’ve long made a distinction between
Permanent Collection and Teaching Collection; but we are unsure how to
categorize reproductions used in the House itself. These reproductions include
modern textiles such as bed coverings, reproduction window blinds, and a few reproduction
chairs for visitors to sit in. We intend to keep them on display in the
long term, and the textiles particularly will require care such as cleaning and
repair in the future, yet they are not period pieces. Do these count as nothing
in collections terms, or as teaching objects? Or as actual collections pieces?
We’d be grateful for your thoughts.
Carol Ely
Executive Director
Historic Locust Grove