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Hi all, Is your museum's collection-focused committee called Acquisitions, Collections, or something else? We are having an interesting discussion on trends in the name of this committee, and I'm very curious about your feedback. Does Collections Committee leave room for a broader discussion outside of Acquisitions?
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Hi Lauren, At my current museum, we call this committee the Collections Committee (we discuss accessions/deaccessions from the permanent collection and report on incoming/outgoing loans). At one of my previous museums, it was called the Art Committee, as it was solely an art museum, and they discussed similar topics to what I mentioned
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Hi Lauren, The committees I've chaired have been called the Collections (or Collections Review) Committee
It appears that given the variety of museums there are a variety of committees involved with some aspect of collections, be that acquisition, deaccessioning, care, exhibit and so on. During my years as a curator and director I fortunately avoided such a designated committees and in fact avoided creating one
Every museum that I have worked for has called it the Collections Committee. We have at times in this committee discussed things beyond specific acquisitions, deaccessions, and loans
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