Talk:Collection (museum)

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2006 comment[edit]

"Another case was the sale of a J. M. W. Turner painting in the collection of Royal Holloway, University of London to the Getty Museum to fund the maintenance of the building, despite the fact that the original benefactor had expressly requested that the collection to be kept intact. "

I have searched and searched for a ref for this -- is there one? I can't find anything about this particular sale, which makes me think that even if it is true, there must be a better example of this type of deaccessioning. Dina 16:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Most ethical guidelines for deaccessioning require that the funds generated by disposing of collection items be used only to increase or maintain the remaining collection."

I can't find backing for this. The museum ethical rules I've found give a variety of guidelines and considerations, but there appears no consensus on this point. The rules tend to prevent self-dealing between the museum personnel and the museum when they act on both sides of the transaction, and to prevent kickbacks and corruption, but I see no general rule on the limitation of funds' allowable purposes. Please provide citation.

If anybody will place a link to website, where described about "world's largest collections", this may be interested. --Sergei Frolov (talk) 11:54, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Collections beyond artwork[edit]

The article is currently titled and written with art collections in mind. Much of its content applies to collections more generally, including natural history and technical collections. Would it be better to include such non-artwork collections here or to start new articles on other kinds of collections, and perhaps even a more general one on heritage collections? -- Daniel Mietchen (talk) 00:56, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My initial response would be to keep all collections under one title. The reasons for collecting can be elusive. That elusiveness is heightened by trying to address commonalities to collecting while illustrating points of departure for different types of collecting. Also the article is brief so I see no compelling reason based on space. A more interesting article results from keeping all collecting under one title. I am partial to art collecting but I think potentially different types of collecting shed light on one another and are thought-provoking when considered together. But maybe others need to weigh in. Bus stop (talk) 01:13, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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