Elizabeth Licata <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Does anyone have an institutional curatorial ethics policy other than what >A.A.M. provides? (or more specific) I am particularly interested in a policy >regarding gifts to curators. The Code of Ethics for AASLH mentions that a conflict of interest may arise when museum employees personally collect items that are similar to what their institution collects. I would surmise that this type of "conflict of interest" would also arise in the form of gifts to a curator. On a personal level, I was offered a gift of several pictures taken during WWII. I REALLY wanted these pictures, but instead turned them over to the museum. I can still go look at them whenever I want, and there can be no conflict of interests. Jim McCrain Chief Curator Old City Park Dallas, Texas [log in to unmask]