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. >---------- >From: Hodcarry[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Thursday, October 09, 1997 5:33PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: % collections on exhibit > >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. >