On Sun, 24 Sep 1995, Mary Ames B. Sheret wrote:

> Does anyone have a formal policy for their education object collections?
> These are items that are props or hands-on items acquired for educational
> programs. We are building a large collection and need some assistance in
> dealing with it. The objects are numbered so they are tracked. But does
> anyone have policies that say what can and can not be acquired for
> hands-on use?
> Mary Ames B. Sheret
> Collections Manager
> Southern Oregon Historical Society
> Medford, Oregon
> E-mail at: [log in to unmask]

The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia (215-963-0667) has a very good
collections policy regarding hands-on collections. A copy of it is
published in the 1992 AAM Sourcebook. I have a copy of the Sourcebook, but
you might want to contact them directly in case they've updated it since
1992.  Best of luck!


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