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A legal primer on managing museum collections

documentary heritage
  • Description

    "Hailed when it was first published in 1985 as the bible of U.S. collections management, A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections offers the only comprehensive discussion of the legal questions faced by museums regarding collections.

    This revised and expanded third edition addresses the many legal developments ? including a comprehensive discussion of stolen art and the international movement of cultural property, recent developments in copyright, and the effects of burgeoning electronic uses?that have occurred during the past twenty-five years. An authoritative, go-to book for any museum professional, Legal Primer offers detailed explanations of the law, suggestions for preventing legal problems, and numerous case studies of lawsuits involving museum collections."--Publisher's website.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    AM7.L39 LEG (Library of Congress Call Number)

    92358 (Cat ID)

    92157 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    A legal primer on managing museum collections
  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Smithsonian Books
  • Place
  • Production date notes
    c2012
  • Physical Description

    xx, 540 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9781588343222
    1588343227
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Edition/State/Version
    3rd edition
  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Part 1. The museum. What is a museum? What is required of its board members? ; Museums are accountable to whom? -- Part 2. The collection. Collection management policies ; The acquisition of objects : accessioning ; The disposal of objects : deaccessioning ; Loans : incoming and outgoing ; Unclaimed loans ; International loans ; Objects left in the temporary custody of the museum ; Objects found in the collection ; Promised gifts ; Tax considerations ; Appraisals and authentications ; Care of collections ; Insurance ; Access to the collections ; Visitor and employee safety as it relates to collections -- Appendix A. Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, adopted by the General Conference, UNESCO, at its sixteenth session, Paris, November 14, 1970 -- Appendix B. Title III of Public Law 97-446 : Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act -- Appendix C. Curation of federally owned and administered archaeological collections.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Art--Museum Studies; Law--Litigation--Museums; Law--Intellectual Property--Museums]

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

  • Collection Type
    General Collection
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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