Message-ID: <0AAFAE7975AC435388BDC8B9DF1EA9C3@ruthf5d2af6e46> From: "Thayne Odier" <Todier@wi.rr.com> Subject: Re: List Serve FW: Policy for Collecting Artifacts Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:37:43 -0500
I think that this is a problem for most museums as people think that
anything old should be in the museum. We set our policy around two
things: does it fit in the time frame we are representing (we have a
house museum) the era we are representing is post civil war and is the
artifact representative to the village and the town in which we are
located.This has helped us say no without offending people.
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From: Lorraine Gentz
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 8:13 PM
Subject: RE: List Serve FW: Policy for Collecting Artifacts
The Gillett Area Museum had the same problem on accepting donation
after we were running short on space so we simply told donors that our
accessioning committee would check on the donation first before we would
accept arifact and return it with the proper explanation and a THANK
YOU. Have had no trouble with that, knowing that some one might feel
miffed. Lorraine Gentz, Vice Pres. GAHS Gillett, Wi
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From: Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:12:50 -0500
Subject: List Serve FW: Policy for Collecting Artifacts
List Serve Members - Here is an inquiry from the Jacksonport
Historical Society - please reply to the list with your suggestions and
comments. Thank you! Janet
Janet Seymour
Field Services Representative - Northern Region, Wisconsin Historical
Society
c/o Department of History, UW-Eau Claire
105 Garfield Avenue Eau Claire WI 54701
Voice: 715-836-2250
Collecting, Preserving, and Sharing Stories Since 1846
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To All List Serve Members:
The Jacksonport Historical Society, Inc. has asked me to put together
a written policy for accepting artifacts for the Jacksonport Historical
Society Archives. About a year ago we purchased property and are in the
planning stage as to the layout of the property and design of a museum
(or a group of buildings for a museum). We have been accepting
everything that someone has donated to the Historical Society, but are
getting limited on storage space. There fore the general consensus of
the Board of Trustees is that we need to create a policy for collection
of artifacts, but still want to be careful that we do not hurt anyone's
feelings or "step on anyone's toes" by not accepting something that we
feel would not be a usable artifact for us.
We would be pleased to hear from other Historical Society's as to what
their artifact collection policy is or any suggestions and advice that
they may have.
Regards
Eileen Roberts
Jacksonport Historical Society
4768 Hwy 57
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Phone: 920-743-6415
jacksonporthistory@charter.net
www.jacksonporthistoricalsociety.org
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