Table of Contents
Introduction: Can We Save the Art and the Museum? – Julia
Courtney
Part 1: The Context of the Debate
Chapter 1: Two Cheers for Deaccessioning - Bernard Fishman
Chapter 2: Museums Can Change—Will they? Michael O’Hare
Part 2: The Mechanics of Disposal
Chapter 3: Keeping Objects in the Public Domain: Legal and
Practical Issues –Stephanie Jandl/Mark Gold)
Chapter 4: When Out of the Book Won’t Do: Next Steps in Resolving
Deaccession Conundrums –Darlene A. Bialowski
Chapter 5: Are You Sure that was a Copy? Deaccessioning
Mistakes—Chris Robinson
Part 3: The Use of Proceeds: Ethics and the Role of Professional
Associations
Chapter 6: Use of Funds from the Sale of Deaccessioned Objects:
It’s a Matter of Ethics -Sally Yerkovich
Chapter 7: Making the Case: FASB's Accounting Standards Should be
Re-aligned with AAM's Long-Standing Guidance on the Use of Sale
Proceeds - Lori Breslauer and Sara Eber
Chapter 8: Monetizing the Collection: The Intersection of Law,
Ethic, and Trustee Prerogative - Mark Gold
Chapter 9: Flying Under the Radar: What Does Direct Care of the
Collection Really Mean? -Ashley Downing
Part 4: Case Studies
Chapter 10: Building a Legacy for the Liberal Arts: Deaccesioning
the Newell Bequest, Wheaton College – Leah Niedertadt
Chapter 11: Digital Deaccessioning: An Exploration of the Life
Cycle of Digital Works in Museum Collections – Katherine E.
Lewis
Chapter 12: Higgins Armory Museum and the Worcester Art Museum:
A Case Study in Combining and Transforming Mature Cultural
Institutions - James C. Donnelly, Jr. and Catherine M.
Colinvaux
Chapter 13: Taking the Barbershop out of the Berkshires: How the
Berkshire Museum Case May Set New Precedent- Julia Courtney
Julia Courtney holds masters degrees in art history and museum studies (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts) and art and museum education (Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts). She recently published The Legal Guide for Museum Professionals (Rowman & Littielfield, April 2015). She has been in the museum field for over 23 years, and Curator of Art emeritus for the Springfield Art Museums in Springfield, Massachusetts. She is an independent curator, freelance writer, artist and adjunct faculty member for the Graduate Museum Studies Program at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts and the Graduate Gallery Management and Exhibits Program at Western Colorado State University in Gunnison, Colorado.
While deaccessioning is an acceptable collection management option
for most museums, it also has the potential to cause enormous
public controversy. "Is it Okay to Sell the Monet?" brings
together thoughtful essays presenting various perspectives on the
practice. It is a valued, reasoned, and welcome addition to
discussion of this often highly volatile topic.
*Steven Miller, Adjunct Professor, ret., Seton Hall University MA
Program in Museum Professions, Seton Hall University, South Orange,
NJ. Author of Deaccessioning Today: Theory and Practice*
This timely collection of essays should be mandatory reading for
all museum professionals. It offers fresh perspectives on the
legal, ethical, historical and political complexities of
deaccessioning in the 21st-century museum world where no single
approach works for all.
*Cynthia Robinson, Director of Museum Studies, Tufts University*
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