MRM5 : museum registration methods / edited by Rebecca A. Buck and Jean Allman Gilmore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buck, Rebecca A., 1946-

Gilmore, Jean Allman, 1946-

American Association of Museums.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museum registration methods.

Museums--Collection management.

Museums.

Physical Description:

xi, 516 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Edition:

5th ed.

Other Title:

Museum registration methods 5

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : AAM Press, American Association of Museums, c2010.

Summary:

Rewritten, expanded and fully updated, MRM5 encompasses all that needs to be known and done when a museum accessions, measures, marks, moves, and displays or stores an object/artifact of any kind. MRM5 includes expert advice from more than 60 acknowledged leaders in their disciplines. New with the 5th Edition are special teaching sections that challenge students and seasoned staff alike with questions about the process and procedures of accessioning and caring for objects.

Contents:

The profession

Policies

The basics

Records management

Collections management

Risk management

Ethical and legal issues

Appendix of registration forms.

Notes:

Previous ed. published: The new museum registration methods. Washington, DC : American Association of Museums, c1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 492-495) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781933253152 (alk. paper)

1933253150 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

607322698