Either treat it like an accessioned object or deaccession it, otherwise it stays in a legal grey area, and you don't want that.

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Emily Apple <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello all,

I have just become the new director of a small rural museum. We have found a couple of things - a desk and a church pew - which have been used by volunteers (the desk is our geneaologist's desk) and were just discovered to have been accessioned artifacts. The team just noticed in moving things around that these pieces had accession numbers, and thus are parts of our collection. So, I am wondering how to proceed; should we...

Maintain the accessioned status and stop using the items?
Maintain the accessioned status and continue using the items, perhaps with plexi covering the desk top, etc. or archival fabris covering the church pew?

De-accession the desk and pew to be used in the museum?

This is a tough one, and as an emerging professional, I have not run into this issue yet. Thank you for your suggestions,

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