AltaMira Press / AASLH
Pages: 172
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7591-1340-4 • Paperback • April 2013 • $56.00 • (£43.00)
978-0-7591-1347-3 • eBook • November 2011 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko is chief executive officer at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine.
Stacy Klingler is assistant director of Local History Services at the Indiana Historical Society.
Editors' Note
Preface
Bob Beatty
Chapter 1 Caring for the Future: Collections Care Basics
Scott Carrlee
Chapter 2 Straight Talk about Historic Structures and Landscapes
Bruce Teeple
Chapter 3 Collections Management: Know What You Have, Know Why You Have It, Know Where You Got It, Know Where It Is
Patricia L. Miller
Chapter 4 Do We Really Want That Bust of Jesus, and What Should We Do with the Pump Organ in the Other Room? Or, Why You Want a Good Collections Management Policy
Julia Clark
Chapter 5 Collections Planning: Best Practices in Collections Stewardship
Jackie Hoff and Nicolette B. Meister
Chapter 6 Conservation Planning
Julie A. Reilly
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors
Book 6 of the Small Museum Toolkit, Stewardship: Collections and Historic Preservation, highlights all the foundational and fundamental principles that are integral in caring for historic structures and museum collections. The book is a first-rate resource for professionals looking to read a comprehensive overview of collections management and preventive conservation issues.
— Laura Hortz Stanton, Director of Preservation Services, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts