Museum Registration Methods by Rebecca A. Buck

Go to 'Association of Manitoba Museums Standards for Manitoba Museums' ( PDF version, 277 KB) This Association of Manitoba Museums publication is a guide to good standards of practice for Manitoba museums.

Association of Manitoba Museums Standards for Manitoba Museums.

Go to 'Alberta Museums Association Standard Practices Handbook for Museums, 3rd Edition' It includes four parts: Museums and Society – how a museum interacts with its communities Administration – museum governance and management Collections – collections management, conservation and research Programming – public programs, exhibits and publications. The Standard Practices Handbook for Museums outlines standards of museum practice and makes suggestions for implementation.

Alberta Museums Association Standard Practices Handbook for Museums, 3rd Edition.

Many of the provincial Museums Associations have developed standards or guidelines for museum practice, many of which include advice on collections management and documentation. Go to 'Introduction to Documentation of Heritage Collections' This introductory course on the documentation of heritage collections will allow you to learn basic theoretical concepts on the documentation of heritage collections, identify the available tools and recommended ways of documenting collections efficiently and use appropriate criteria to make informed choices that are adapted to your specific needs. Introduction to Documentation of Heritage Collections allows you to acquire a fundamental knowledge and to develop the required competency levels needed to successfully carry out a collections documentation project in your institution.

Introduction to Documentation of Heritage Collections.

Museums can use these as a basis to build their own, institution-specific procedures and practices for accessioning, numbering systems, inventories, image management, location control, loans processing, intellectual property management, etc.ĬHIN has developed an online course which deals with collections management procedure and documentation practice. The resources in this section have been selected because they deal with (or include sections on) procedures for collections documentation and management. Procedural standards and guidelines are available as general frameworks and guides to good practice for museums.

Museum Registration Methods by Rebecca A. Buck