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Transcript of Collections Review Seminar Perth - Stockport Museum Service Case Study - Katie Cavanagh
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Katie CavanaghCollections Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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Stockport’s Museums
• Stockport Story Museum – Social History• Staircase House – Historic House• Bramall Hall – Historic House • Chadkirk Chapel – Historic Chapel • Stockport Art Gallery • Air Raid Shelters• Vernon Park Museum and Park• Hat Works – Museum of Hatting and Headwear
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Stockport’s Museum Collections
• Social History
• Industrial History and machinery
• Fine and Decorative Art
• Costume
• Natural Sciences
• Archaeology and Ethnography
• Hatting and Headwear
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Factors Influencing Review of Collections
• New Curatorial Team
• Projects
• Collections Store move
• Inventory of collections
• Increased use of collections
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New Curatorial Team
• Knowledge and experience
• No baggage
• Fresh approach
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Projects
• Opening of Staircase House – 2005 An historic house with room settings
• Opening of Stockport Story Museum – 2006Local history museum
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Collections Store MoveFrom To
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Inventory of Collections
• Systematic inventory – box by box
• Entry of information onto collections database
• Increased access to collections
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Use of Collections
• Temporary Exhibition spaces
• Active Education programme
• Increased outreach and informal learning workshops
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Methodology
Categorisation of objects:
• Entry backlog
• Unknown provenance objects
• Accessioned objects
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Methodology
Report to Council Committee:
• Short report
• Detailing areas in need of attention
• Information on how review is being carried out
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Methodology
Procedures for backlog items:
• Letter to donor
• Consent form for accessioning, transfer, handling or disposal
• Regular decision making meetings
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Methodology
Criteria for disposal:
Outside collecting policy or not suitable for thecollections.
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Methodology
Criteria for disposal:
Not suitable for handling collections
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Methodology
Criteria for disposal:
Poses a threat to the collections
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Methodology
Criteria for disposal:
Poses a Health & Safety risk
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Methodology
Criteria for disposal:
Is a duplicate
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Methodology
Criteria for disposal:
Beyond reasonable repair
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Methodology
Procedures for disposal:
• Follow SPECTRUM procedures
• Photograph everything
• Document it to within an inch of its life
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Methodology
Transparency of decision making:
• Be open about what you’re doing and why
• Involve Councillors, Executive Members and senior management
• Produce regular updates
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Outcomes
• Improved collections care• Refined Acquisition and Disposal policy• Improved handling collections• Good relations with Councillors and Executive
Members• Valuing new members of staff• Appreciation of procedures• Rationalisation / disposal of objects
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Outcomes
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Entry BacklogUnknown ProvenanceAccessioned
Objects disposed of: