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Museum governance : mission, ethics, policy /

"In Museum Governance, Marie Malaro addresses a range of issues facing museum administrators and trustees, arguing they can handle their duties intelligently only if they understand two points--why our country sustains a nonprofit sector and what constitutes trusteeship. Armed with this knowled...

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Main Author: Malaro, Marie C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1994.
Subjects:
Museums > Administration.
Nonprofit organizations > Management.
Museums > Public relations.
Cultural property > Protection.
Ethics.
Museum techniques.
Museums > Management.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. On Trusteeship
  • 2. Why Ethics?
  • 3. Steering a Prudent Course
  • 4. The Education of Nonprofit Boards
  • 5. What May Lie Ahead
  • 6. Controlled Collecting: Drafting a Collection Management Policy
  • 7. Deaccessioning: The American Perspective
  • 8. Exercising Oversight
  • 9. The Myopic Board: The United Way and United Cancer Council Cases
  • 10. Restricted Gifts and Museum Responsibilities
  • 11. Lending for Profit
  • 12. Poor Sue: The Realities of Protecting Archeological and Paleontological Artifacts
  • 13. From Card File to Computer
  • 14. Repatriation and the Law
  • Appendix A. Codes of Ethics Relating to the Museum Profession
  • Appendix B. International Council of Museums Code of Professional Ethics.

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