MRM6 : museum registration methods / edited by John E. Simmons and Toni M. Kiser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simmons, John E., editor.

Kiser, Toni M., 1981- editor.

American Alliance of Museums, sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museum registration methods.

Museums--Collection management.

Museums.

collections management.

Physical Description:

xv, 587 pages : black-and-white illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Other Title:

Museum registration methods 6

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

Summary:

Since the first edition was published in 1958, Museum Registration Methods has defined the profession and served as a fundamental reference to all aspects of collections registration, care, and management. The sixth edition of Museum Registration Methods is a comprehensive guide to registration and collections management for museums, from acquisition to use and deaccessioning. The authors and other contributors come from a wide variety of museums and specializations. The 56 chapters in this edition are either new or updated, and include the history of the profession, the role of the registrar in the museum, managing very large collections, developing and implementing collection management policies, documentation of collections, accessioning, condition reports, deaccessioning, repositories, and provenance research. Contemporary and digital art, living and natural history collections, loans, exhibitions, found-in-collection objects, shipping, records management, and electronic data management are also addressed, along with object handling and numbering, digitization, condition reporting, preventive care, storage on and off-site, inventory, moving and packing, shipping nationally and internationally, couriering, risk assessment, security, insurance, integrated pest management, ethics, sustainability, sacred and culturally sensitive objects, intellectual property rights, appraisal, ethical and legal issues, and research. The book includes a comprehensive resource list, glossary, hypothetical situations to ponder, and model collection forms.

Contents:

The Profession. A Very Brief History of the Profession ; The Straw that Stirs the Drink : The Role of the Registrar in the Museum World ; Resources for Registrars and Collections Managers ; Caring for the Nation's Treasures : The National Park Service Museum Program

Collection Management Policies. Collection Management Policies

The Basics. Initial Custody and Documentation ; Acquisitions and Accessioning ; Repositories ; Provenance Research in Museums : An Overview ; Documenting Contemporary Art ; Living and Natural History Collections Registration ; Managing Digital Art ; Old Loans and Museum Property Laws ; Deaccessioning and Disposal ; Found in Collection ; Loans ; Organizing Loan and Traveling Exhibitions ; Displays from Within : Considerations for Collections-Based Exhibitions

Records Management. Types of Records and Files ; Manual Systems ; Computer Systems and Data Management ; Digital Asset Management Systems ; Basic Components of Institutional Archives

Collections Management. Numbering ; Object Handling ; Digitization ; Measuring ; Condition Reporting ; Marking ; Barcodes and RFID Tags ; Photography ; Preventive Care ; Storage ; Inventory ; Preparation ; Moving and Rigging Safely ; Packing and Crating ; Shipping by Land, Air, and Sea ; Import and Export : Guidelines for International Shipping ; Couriering ; Off-Site Storage

Risk Assessment and Management. Risk Management Overview ; Emergencies : Prepare, Respond, Recover ; Security Systems and Fire Protection Systems ; Insurance ; Integrated Pest Management ; Registrars and Sustainability

Ethical and Legal Issues. Ethics for Registrars and Collections Managers ; The Care of Culturally Sensitive and Sacred Objects ; Copyright ; Rights and Reproductions ; Appraisal ; Implementing NAGPRA ; Biological Materials : Fish, Wildlife, and Plants

Use of Collections. Hosting Traveling Exhibits ; Research.

Notes:

"American Alliance of Museums"--Facing title-page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781538113110

9781538113103

1538113104

1538113112

OCLC:

1151975431

Publisher Number:

90104427526