num_pages: 222
description: Collection ethics  the third rail of the museum profession.What are the encompassing issues museum face regarding how they acquire keep and work with their collections? Museum Collection Ethics discusses the complexities inherent in preserving and interpreting the extraordinary range of culturally significant objects entrusted to museums. The book presents an encompassing look at every aspect of the intellectual and stewardship duties museums by definition assume. The differences between ethics laws customs and expectations are discussed. They are not synonymous. Ethics vary widely and are fluid.Essential factors This is the first book devoted solely to the ethical concerns museums face regarding their collections.
language: English
title: Museum Collection Ethics: Acquisition, Stewardship, and Interpretation
publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers