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Deaccessioning in Small Museums: A Historical View and Lessons from the Past
<p>Deaccessioning is a frequent topic of conversation in even small and mid-sized museums in the twenty-first century. With collections costs soaring, budgets dwindling, and space ever more limited, museums must deaccession to survive and prosper. However, deaccessioning and disposal have become …
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Dead Men Tell No Tales: How Can Creative Approaches to Communication Keep Historic Sites From Going Silent
… management model to the more drastic option of deaccessioning houses or their collections. Experts predict that the trend of deaccessioning will not only continue, but increase. The most stunning example to date of a house museum shifting back to private ownership took place in December, 2006, …
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The transfer of the Northern Affairs (NA) and Indian and Northern Affairs of Canada (INAC) collections of Inuit art, 1985-1992
… works. In 1985, the Department initiated the deaccessioning and disposal of these two collections of Inuit-made arts and crafts in response to budget cuts and decentralization efforts. During the "transfer years" from 1985 to 1992, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development …