A Deaccession Reader

by Weil, Stephen E.

• ISBN13: 9780931201509
• ISBN10: 0931201500
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: American Alliance Of Museums

Table of Contents

Introduction
Introduction	1	(10)
Stephen E. Weil
In the Beginning
``Deaccessioning Goes Public''	11	(12)
Donald Garfield
``Should Hoving Be De-accessioned?''	23	(16)
John Rewald
North American Perspectives
``Deaccessioning: The American Perspective''	39	(12)
Marie C. Malaro
``Selling Items from Museum Collections''	51	(12)
Steven H. Miller
``Deaccessioning in American Museums: I''	63	(10)
Stephen E. Weil
``Deaccessioning in American Museums: II---Some Thoughts for England''	73	(14)
Michael Conforti
``The Deaccession Cookie Jar''	87	(6)
Stephen E. Weil
``Guilt-Free' Deaccessioning''	93	(6)
Steven H. Miller
``Legacies and Heresies: Some Alternatives in Disposing of Museum Collections''	99	(10)
David W. Barr
A View from Great Britain
``Attitudes to Disposal from Museum Collections''	109	(16)
Geoffrey Lewis
A Case History from Canada
``The Deaccessioning Strategy at Glenbow: 1992-97''	125	(20)
Patricia Ainslie
Statements of Professional Concern
College Art Association	145	(4)
American Association of State and Local History	149	(2)
American Association of Museums	151	(4)
Association of Art Museum Directors	155	(8)
International Council of Museums	163	(4)
Collections Management Disposal Policies
Milwaukee Public Museum	167	(22)
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History	189	(8)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	197	(50)
Appendix
``Report to the Deaccessioning Task Force of the Registrars Committee of AAM''	205	(42)
Roberta Frey Gilboe
Index
Index	247