Collections Management
Collections form the basis of a museum. The museum community has developed professional and ethical standards for the acquisition, record-keeping, and care of collections.
During the summer 2003 class, museum studies students learned about all aspects of collections management through working with the Atlanta Olympics collection. Students accessioned and photographed artifacts, prepared condition reports, entered artifacts into the museum’s data base, and prepared recommendations for packing and storing such unusual artifacts as a sword and large fish and blues musician puppets from the opening cemeteries. The photographs below show students in various phases of the collections management process.
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In the summer of 2001, students also documented the Atlanta Olympics collection. Katie Anderson was the lead instructor for this class, assisted by other curatorial and registration staff members Michele Leopold, Amy Simon, Susan Neill Doutt, Myers Brown, and other guest speakers. Dr. Ann McCleary coordinated the class. Click on an image below for a larger view from the summer 2001 class.
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