Harry, You could leave some pre-aquisition forms that include a space for contact information at your front desk. The guests services staff could be instructed, if the curatorial staff can not be found that any donor must fill out a pre-aquisition form before leaving their object at the museum
I use a "Temporary Custody Agreement" that the front desk staff always has on hand for just these occasions when I am not available
Temp Custody Agreement RR Museum.docx
Good Morning All, We are finding an increase in people wanting to just drop items off at the front desk and leaving immediately before we can get any contact information, provenance, etc., let alone a temporary custody or deed of gift form filled out
Thankfully we don't typically open the museum in the morning to find items left at our doorstep. Our front desk people are usually good about calling myself or our Director down to do an initial examination of the items and speak with the potential donor
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