Hello Michael,
In addition to what you have shared, I wonder, as the first deputy director of collections at my newly chartered museum, how I might structure the day to day in the collections/registration department, and how to segregate the facilities department. Are there existing protocols out there that reference other departmental areas from insinuating their work into collections? I hope this makes sense.
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Cynthia Hawkins-Owen PhD
Deputy Director
Geneseo NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-25-2021 09:14 AM
From: Michael Rose
Subject: Collections department structures
Ms. Haus,
Hello – Happy Monday. We have a staff of about 65 FTE. The Collections Division is a separate division within the organization. The reporting structure is: President & CEO / Executive Vice President for Collections & Exhibitions / Vice President for Collections & Research / Collections Manager [prior to layoff resulting from COVID19, we had an Assistant Collections Manager]. Various archives, museum, library, and gardens (animals and living collections) are all members of two staff committees: Collections Management Committee, Collections Development Committee. There is a board-approved Collections Management Policy to cover care and maintenance of the collections. Hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Michael Rose
Chief Mission Officer /
Executive Vice President for Collections and Exhibitions
He/him/his
130 West Paces Ferry Road NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
P 404.814.4043
F 404.814.4175
atlantahistorycenter.com
Original Message:
Sent: 1/22/2021 9:54:00 AM
From: Ruth Haus
Subject: Collections department structures
I am curious to hear how other history museums (outdoor preferably) structure their collections and under what departments and reporting relationships to the President/Executive Director. We are a mid-sized museum with about 19 FTEs and a $1.7 million budget in 2021. We have a very limited collections budget and would like to develop an appropriate organizational structure for collections. The current departments we have include:
Programming - Education & Interpretation
Community Relations
Marketing/Communications
Facilities & Security
Each department director reports to me as President. What would you suggest? I would love to hear all of your opinions. Thank you.