Talk to Janice Klein about handling Native American objects.  She is
the most observant person I know when it comes to handling sacred
objects sensitively. She was at the Field Museum in Chicago and has
recently been made the Director of a Native American Museum in the
Chicago area.  You should contact the Field to get her address and
number.

Good luck!

Debby Kline
Museum Registrar
California Center for the Arts, Escondido

--- john suau <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I am working with the AAM Diversity Coalition
> members on finalizing some
> session proposals for our annual meeting "Museums
> 2000: Reflection, Vision &
> Change" scheduled May 14-18, 2000 in Baltimore MD.
> They are interested in
> locating panelists for the following sessions:
>
> Museums of Tolerance: Using Collections for
> Diversity Training
> This is a session which hopes to confront recent and
> recurrent hate crimes
> through exhibition development.  Any small museums
> doing this type of
> programming would be welcome!
>
> Handle with Care: Sacred Objects and Registrarial
> Methods
> What are the most logical patterns of registration
> that relates sacred
> objects from all types of faith while maintaining
> the individual integrity
> of each?  How do these considerations apply to the
> collections in an Islamic
> museum?  To those of Native American museums?
> African art?  Asian?  how do
> all of these differ from the registrarial issues of
> a Euro-American art
> museum?  A natural history museum?
>
> Please respond to me and I will forward your
> thoughts/suggestions. You help
> is appreciated and welcome.
>
> Thank you,
> John T. Suau
> Meetings and Diversity Coordinator
> AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS
> 1575 Eye Street NW, Suite 400
> Washington DC 20005
> Direct: 202.218.7676
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