Disposal
Disposal is key to a healthy museum
More than 10 years ago, I published an article in Cultural Trends about a research project I had undertaken as part of my Clore Leadership Fellowship. I was concerned that museums were continuing to increase their collections, while complaining that stores were full. Object disposals were still relatively infrequent, partly because justifying them seemed based …
Disposal case study: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Rosalyn Sklar shares an ambitious collections review project
Are we there yet? Tackling the sector’s resistance to disposal
How can museums overcome some of the key barriers?
Disposal case study: Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life
Nick Booth and Pippa Griffith on a small museum rationalisation project
Disposal case study: Royal College of Physicians Museum
Lowri Jones on the challenges and rewards of a rationalisation project
Disposal case study: Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Jenny Durrant shares the learning from a disposal project that came out of a wider collections review
Disposal case study: National Museums Scotland
Tacye Phillipson explains why looking at past disposals can help inform future work
Disposal case study: Science Museum
Hannah Brignell shares an ongoing collections review of 7.3 million items