The Collections Management Assessment focuses on collections management issues in the context of the museum's total operations, including mission, governance, finance, interpretation, and marketing. The emphasis is on collections stewardship, including scope of collections, acquisitions and deaccessioning, legal and safety issues, documentation, backlog, inventory and risk management.
Participants report that the Collections Management Assessment assists in the development of collections management policies and procedures, and results in:
- increased understanding on the part of staff and Board of collections management practices
- improved care of collections
- increased knowledge of resources for collections management and conservation
Activities in the Collections Management Assessment focus on:
- non-collections staff's perceptions regarding collections
- the Board's legal and ethical responsibilities for collections
- disaster preparedness
- acquisitions
- deaccessioning
- recordkeeping
For further information, see:
Comments from Prior CMAP Participants
Sample CMAP Self Study Workbook and Activities 
