Dear University Museum Colleagues: Here at the University of Northern Iowa Museum we have a concern about donations of objects that go through the University Foundation instead of through our own front door. These donations are considered to be loans from the Foundation to the Museum. What type of safeguards and regulations can be attached to object "loans" that will ensure museum control over them? Could our colleagues post their feelings, policies, anecdotes, concerns about their experiences with respect to this subject. TIA Terry Vidal [log in to unmask]