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PrintCollection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection
Collection Number: 2533
Post Type: Book
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Artist or Author: Marie C. Malaro
Creation Year: 1985
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ISBN: 0-87474-656-6 Language: English Description: Historically, the museum profession and the legal profession have gone their separate ways. It still is not uncommon to hear the question: But what legal problems could a museum have? The existence of such a comfortable state of affairs may be attributed to acumen on the part of the museum profession, naivete or just good fortune. But one thing is certain, times are changing.
Over the last decade or two, museums have begun to experience the warm glow of the limelight. They have found that being on stage can be challenging, exhilarating, and all too often, frustrating. Suddenly everyone wants to participate, and what was once a rather uncomplicated and exclusive domain is becoming an administrator's nightmare.
Museum professionals are urged to use the text as a checklist for assessing the well-being of their organization's collection-related practices. If read from cover to cover, it highlights most isssues which, if addressed early and objectively, foster good management and a dedication to excellence. For those museums that have collection management policies, the text can be a useful tool for review; for museums without collection management policies, it offers a framework on which to build.
It should be remembered that this text concerns legal aspects of collection management and does not attempt to elaborate on ethical and professional standards. A museum that strives only to satisfy the law aims low. It is the melding of sound legal concepts with thoughtfully adopted ethical and professional standards that produces policies designed to foster excellence and public confidence.
351 pgs
Geographic: United States
Materials: Paper
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