Just a clarification of this clip - the 280,000+ number is the number of
object records in the computerized collections manangement system at
Henry Ford Museum; 28,000 is the number on exhibit.  Estimates of the
total number of objects in the collection range from 700,000 to a
million.

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>From:  Hodcarry[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Thursday, October 09, 1997 5:33PM
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>Subject:       Re: % collections on exhibit
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>but on the catalog record level - we have about 10% of the items
>cataloged (approx. 28,000 of 280,000+) in our collections management--This
> reply from Henry Ford Museum may be of unusual interest.  They have had
>great
> institutional changes in collections. Huge amounts of material have been
> disposed of in their recent history and a smaller volume in different areas
> added to the collection.
> Exhibits have also changed  from almost open storage such as well over a
> hundred vehicles lined up in rows to more typical exhibits with themes.  But
> some areas of the main exhibit hall have not been changed.
>