Collections Stewardship Assessment focuses on collections policies, planning, access and documentation within the context of the museum’s total operations. The scope of the assessment includes collections care and use, acquisitions and deaccessioning, legal, ethical, and safety issues, documentation, inventory, and emergency planning.

Common outcomes for the Collections Stewardship Assessment are:

Increase staff and/or governing authority’s knowledge about

·          collections standards and best practices

Improve alignment of

·          collections with mission

·          collections with the institutional plan

Improve the museum’s ability to:

·          write a collections plan

·          raise funds to support the collections

·          improve collections stewardship

·          prioritize long-term collections management issues

·          develop/review/revise collections policies and procedures

·          manage risk

Assess needs in the areas of

·          collections management staffing

·          facilities management

·          Prepare for accreditation or reaccreditation

Activities in the Collections Stewardship Assessment focus on:

·          non-collections staff's perceptions regarding collections

·          the Board's legal and ethical responsibilities for collections

·          disaster preparedness

·          acquisitions

·          deaccessioning

·          recordkeeping

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