here is a story of the missing item that was most precious to the museum. I was a student, preparing an exhibit on Fremont Indians, and my professor (who was also the director of the museum) told me of a wonderful Fremont figurine that was in excellent condition. It would be perfect for the exhibit. I searched high and low, and of course, could not find it where the records listed it should be. Because the item had been crossed off the box list, I assumed someone had switched it's location, but failed to record the new location in our database (or paper records). There was also a tradition in that museum for certain professors to use collection items in class without properly documenting the taking... so asking around for the figurine ruffled a few feathers. By sheer luck, I was helping one of the other student assistants in an inventory, when she found the figurine. I believe it had been placed with objects from another collection. The exhibit was saved (not to mention the figurine!) and proper documentation ensued. Carrie Wimmer Lubbock, TX >From: "Costigan, Justine" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Museum stories please.... >Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:49:48 +1000 > > > > Dear list members > > > (my apologies if you have received this message twice) > > > I'm wondering if you can help me in my research for a story I am > > writing for Museum Victoria's quarterly Museum magazine.... > > > > The story is about the way the management of museum collections >has > > changed and how new technologies are making the tracking, security and > > management of priceless museum objects easier and more efficient. To > > illustrate the story I'm looking for examples of how museum collection > > management has failed in the past. Everyone remembers the story of the > > priceless object unknowingly used as a doorstop in a museum >somewhere.... > > > > Specific stories, no matter how old, of lost objects, newly > > discovered objects and misplaced objects would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Yours Sincerely > > > > Justine Costigan > > Editor, Museum magazine > > Museum Victoria, Australia's International Museum. > > Justine Costigan > > Editor, Museum Magazine > > Ph: 03 8341 7784 > > Mobile: 0414 809 971 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > >Museum Victoria, Australia's International Museum. This e-mail is >solely for the named addressee and may be confidential. You should only >read, disclose, transmit, copy, distribute, act in reliance on or >commercialise the contents if you are authorised to do so. If you are not >the intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify >[log in to unmask] by e-mail immediately, or notify the sender >and >then destroy any copy of this message. Views expressed in this e-mail are >those of the individual sender, except where specifically stated to be >those >of an officer of Museum Victoria. Museum Victoria does not represent, >warrant or guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been >maintained nor that it is free from errors, virus or interference. > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff >Museum-L" (without the quotes). _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).