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Collections Stewardship
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As museums grapple with perpetually growing holdings and shrinking storage space, they must confront the difficult task of collection review and refinement. History Colorado and the Indianapolis Museum of Art have created two similar but individualized approaches to assessing their collections, prioritizing objectives, and establishing deaccession goals. Examine how each institution bridged the gap between registration and curatorial departments and handled deaccessions, and learn how their collections have benefited.
Melissa de Bie
Director of Collections Access and Senior Registrar
History Colorado
Alisa DiGiacomo
Director of Curatorial Services and Senior Curator
History Colorado
Robin Lawrence
Manager of Curatorial Affairs
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Jennifer Rigsby
Associate Registrar for Collections
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields