I would be thankful that I am a former curator.

Richard de Koster
Executive Director
Constitution Island Association
West Point, NY

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Subject: Collecting


------Original Message------
From: Georgia Fox <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: May 16, 2001 3:35:21 PM GMT
Subject: collecting


All:

Follwing the recent discussion on board members collecting, here's a good
one and true too.  The president of the board of a museum where I used to
work initially kept the gifts and loans in his home of a family who made
some very valuable donations to the museum.  The reasons for this were due
to the board member's close relationship with this family as well as lack of
storage when the museum was first established.  Well, the museum is further
along in its development, with good storage facilites, collections
database,and a collections policy in place.  The board president has
returned to the museum all but three of the objects from this family's
donation.  The other three items are mounted on the wall of his home, and he
refuses to part with these items, despite diplomatic attempts to retrieve
them, including letting the board member know the items are not covered by
museum insurance if they're kept in his home. The director of the museum
will not approach the board president to return these items because he is
afraid of him.  Now tell me,
what would you do in this situation?  The situation is unresolved at this
time.

Former Curator

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