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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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>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.
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