Collection Conundrums
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Collection Conundrums
Author: Rebecca A. Buck
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date: 2023-12-21
Collection Conundrums: Solving Museum Registration Mysteries provides guidelines for investigating the oddities found in every museum collection - objects without record, identification or sometimes even a location - and determining what to do. Written by registrars Rebecca Buck and Jean A. Gilmore, editors of the best-selling The New Museum Registration Methods, this new volume contains essential information for museums large and small, new and old. The text offers solutions to the problems of old loans, undocumented objects found in collections, items lost in inventory, supplementary collections and more, as well as guidelines on how to keep problems from occurring in the first place. Features a history of registration methods and the standards for collection documentation and care, along with sample documents such as loan agreements, co-tenancy agreements, storage agreements and deed of gift. Recommended for everyone involved in collections planning and management.
Inventorying Cultural Heritage Collections
Author: Sandra Vanderwarf
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date: 2022-03-14
This two-part text opens with an argument few collections practitioners would contest: Regular inventories are central to meaningful, sustainable, and ethical collections preservation and access. But Vanderwarf and Romanowski argue that in practice—some 25 years working with diverse collections between them—inventories are uncommon: instead of functioning as a commonplace feature of collections care, they tend to be evoked as a last resort when a museum has lost control of its collection. Part I offers a flexible project management framework that illustrates strategies for reining in control of collections now. From identifying objectives that best serve the collection in question to securing stakeholder support and planning time and resources, Part I eliminates some guesswork around what may be an unprecedented and intensive project. To maintain the benefits of a project-style inventory, the authors then encourage practitioners to embrace inventory as an ongoing, evolving collections care function that reflects changing professional values and expectations from the communities museums serve. By centering computerized databases, barcoding, and digital collections, the authors further acknowledge these technologies as permanent, evolving features of collections and inventory practice that merit increased resourcing. Part II gives voice to practitioners around the world through case studies that affirm the vital role of inventories in regaining control of collections. Some of these inventories occurred during the course of everyday work, while others were responses to natural disasters and armed conflict. Still others may be seen as expressions of social justice. As much as the authors offer a guide to performing inventories, thereby filling a longstanding gap in the literature, they invite cultural heritage institutions to rethink how the stories held in collections can be better told and preserved through enhanced inventory practice. The book will benefit seasoned museum collections practitioners as well as those who lack access to formal museology education and training. The book targets stewards of cultural heritage and material culture collections with varying resources
Conundrums, Riddles and Puzzles
Dean Rivers' 'Conundrums, Riddles, and Puzzles' is a cerebral cornucopia, inviting readers into a world of wordplay and numerical nuance. The array of riddles, ranging from general to biblical, poetical, and French, offers an astonishing diversity that challenges and entertains. It navigates through layers of linguistic creativity and arithmetic dexterity, evoking the illustrious traditions of riddling exemplified by the likes of Sam Loyd and Henry E. Dudeney. This book stands as an artifact within the grand literary style of puzzle books but revitalizes the genre with carefully crafted enigmas designed to sharpen wit and intellect alike. Dean Rivers, an author with a penchant for the intellectually stimulating, has distilled his expertise and enthusiasm for cerebral challenges into this collection. Inspiration drawn from historical masters of puzzles and Rivers' own profound understanding of the pedagogical value of mental play converge in this comprehensive volume. His aim to train both young and mature minds reflects a commitment to the shared joy and cognitive benefits afforded by these literary and mathematical amusements. For lovers of intellectual stimulation and devotees of brain-teasing entertainment, 'Conundrums, Riddles, and Puzzles' is an invaluable addition to any collection. Rivers beckons to the curious and the bold, those who take pleasure in the mental gymnastics of unraveling sophisticated wit and number play. Embark on a journey of linguistic and mathematical discovery with a volume that stands as a testament to the timeless allure of a well-crafted puzzle.