Museum Collections

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Museum Collections How they relate to the
Museum's Mission
MSEM 643-01 Fall 2006 Erin K. Nagyfy
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Why is the mission of a museum so Important?
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Collections Management
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• Gaps (missing material)
• Lack of fit with the museums framework
• or mission
• Insufficient quality or significance
• Inappropriate provenance
• Duplication or redundancy

How to measure Weakness
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• Significance
• Quality (of the object its documentation)
• Quantity
• Completeness
• Condition
• Existence of ancillary collections
• (manuscripts/photgraphs)

How to measure Strengths
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Trying to Please Everyone..
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Specifics of Implementation
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