Sender: |
|
Subject: |
|
From: |
|
Date: |
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:58:00 -0500 |
Content-Type: |
text/plain |
MIME-Version: |
1.0 |
Reply-To: |
|
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
Yes, many people have done research toward identifying
the cost of curating collections in perpetuity. The
NPS even has a web site with information on that
subject. I don't think there's an accepted "industry
standard" for this cost.
IMHO, a museum manager would be making a large mistake
to buy into such a concept. We have collections left
with us by the feds, which may be theirs or may be
ours, 50 years ago. A one time payment for storage in
perpetuity leaves your successor(s) with a massive
problem when they move to a new building, the cost of
heat, lights and staff go up, etc.
A much better course would be to establish the ongoing
cost of management and renegotiate that periodically.
The cost of storing a pound of arrowheads today,
properly, including inventory, repackaging, moving it
to the new building, and the like, is much more than it
was in 1948, and much less than it will be in 2048.
Chris Dill
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
C. L. Dill, Museum Director
State Historical Society of North Dakota
612 East Boulevard
Bismarck ND 58505-0830 USA
P: (701)328-2666
F: (701)328-3710
E: [log in to unmask]
Visit our Web site at: http://www.state.nd.us/hist/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|
|