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August 2008
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Through the pilot phase of the Effective Collections programme, the MA will work on ways of helping museums with the skills and the lasting networks to enable loans and long-term lending relationships to continue into the future. If lenders become more confident that borrowers have the skills to care for objects, this would reduce the need for supervision by the lender and also increase a sense of partnership and trust between museums. As part of Effective Collections the MA is developing training in different aspects of collections care that will draw on the skills of staff in prominent lending museums to create and deliver practical sessions. For more information on these events, please click here There is further potential in working with other sector groups to endorse or accredit training so that it has a real impact on reducing the hurdles to borrowing. In some situations it will always be desirable for someone independent of the borrowing institution to assess an object, perhaps at the end of a loan period when a renewal of the loan agreement is being considered. When an item is with the borrower in this situation, the spirit of the Effective Collections programme is that the relationship between lender and borrower should be pragmatic enough to allow for a local conservator to be used; ensuring standards are maintained, but that the cost passed on to the borrower would be lower than for a member of the lender's staff to travel. Such a pragmatic relationship will be dependent on regular contact between the lender and borrower over the course of long loans. Effective Collections will also encourage lenders to take a pragmatic approach to balancing the inevitable risks of lending against its public benefits. For an overview of Effective Collections, please click here For other information about the MA's collections work, click here ^ TOP
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