The course will review the history and methods of museum registration and collections management.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Additional graduate-level research will be required, and writing in the form of a more substantial, in-depth paper will be required of graduate students.
Athena Title
Museum Registration Methods
Non-Traditional Format
Lectures will be interspersed with hands-on experiences using museum and archival collections at the university.
Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite
FCID 5010/7010 or FCID 5020/7020 or any HIST or HIPR or ENGL or CLAS or GREK or LATN or CMLT or ENGL or COMM or GEOG course
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students who complete this course will develop an understanding of the history of museum registration.
Students will learn about cataloguing and records management of museum collections.
Students will learn how to develop a museum collections management policy.
Topical Outline
Section One: History and role of Museum Registrars
1. History of the profession
2. Museum collection roles
3. Initial Documentation
4. Acquisitions and Accessioning
5. Provenance and NAGPRA
6. Processing/cataloguing objects
Section Two: Collections Care
1. Art Handling
2. Preservation Methods
3. Documentation
4. Condition Reporting
a. Gallery condition reports
b. Hands on objects, non-GMOA
c. Hands on GMOA prints
Section Three: Exhibitions
1. Documents needed for exhibitions
2. In-House, Canned, and Traveling Exhibitions
3. Couriers
4. Condition monitoring
Section Four: Records Management
1. Exhibition, Curatorial, and Artist files
3. Collection Policy Sections
a. Introductory Sections
b. Authorities
c. Scope and Categories of Collection
d. Acquisitions Policies
e. Deaccessioning and Disposal
f. Loans
g. Documentation
h. Storage
i. Collections Care
j. Access
k. Risk Management
l. Integrated Pest Management
