Reflections on the De Wadden schooner disposal
Taniah Simpson and Michelle Walsh on lessons learned from National Museums Liverpool's deaccessioning of the Dutch vessel
Disposal
Disposing of objects has many benefits
Museum collections were never intended to be static, says Jenny Durrant
Media coverage of missing objects ‘misleading’, says MA director
Movement of objects is normal but documentation work has been 'undermined by structural underfunding'
Editorial | Shaking up disposal practices
Looking forward to a new toolkit from the Museums Association
Collections Significance Assessment Toolkit launched for Welsh museums
Invite communities to be part of discussions around significance, urges publication
Disposal: embracing openness and transparency
Laura Pye and Janet Dugdale chart the progress of the De Wadden schooner disposal
Charity law change paves way for disposal on moral grounds
Institute of Art and Law says legislation will give national museums more leeway on restitution
It’s time for the sector to embrace disposals
MA has convened a new working group on the issue
Give nationals more freedom to deaccession objects, says Hunt
V&A chief says National Heritage Act should be overhauled to hand power back to trustees
National Museums Liverpool consults on ship disposal
De Wadden is a 1917 three-masted schooner built in the Netherlands
Q&A | ‘It’s not bad at all that there will be conflicts and difference’
Artist Anthony Schrag tells us about a new exhibition at Perth Museum where the public will vote for their most valued objects
At your disposal
An online platform that will enable museums to sell objects to the public has put deaccessioning under the spotlight once more