Spotlight on collections reviews
Rebecca Atkinson, 16.08.2010
The August issue of Museum Practice is now online exploring how museums can make more of their collections by carrying out collections reviews
Collections lie at the heart of museums. Yet, ask the staff of a museum what exactly it has in its storeroom, and the chances are they will struggle to answer.
But the more you know about a collection, the better you can use it, which is why museums are increasingly undertaking strategic collections reviews.
The August issue of Museum Practice looks at the advantages of a collections review, explores the best way to approach a review and explains some methodologies other museums have used.
There are also case studies explaining how collections reviews can make the case for disposal and uncover hidden treasures. Plus, you can browse a selection of images from the University College London’s Disposal? exhibition (19-31 October 2009), which showed a variety of objects not normally on display and asked visitors to vote on which objects they would dispose of if they were a museum curator.
You can also share your questions and experiences of collections reviews with other readers.
Click here to read Museum Practice
(Image: Hippo skull, UCL museums and collections photography. Credit: UCL media services)
But the more you know about a collection, the better you can use it, which is why museums are increasingly undertaking strategic collections reviews.
The August issue of Museum Practice looks at the advantages of a collections review, explores the best way to approach a review and explains some methodologies other museums have used.
There are also case studies explaining how collections reviews can make the case for disposal and uncover hidden treasures. Plus, you can browse a selection of images from the University College London’s Disposal? exhibition (19-31 October 2009), which showed a variety of objects not normally on display and asked visitors to vote on which objects they would dispose of if they were a museum curator.
You can also share your questions and experiences of collections reviews with other readers.
Click here to read Museum Practice
(Image: Hippo skull, UCL museums and collections photography. Credit: UCL media services)
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