4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to management and care of museum collections. Students learn the responsibilities of the collections manager and registrar in the documentation of objects, forming collection management policies and establishing safe collection storage options and environmental monitoring. Other topics covered include: preservation and conservation, museum security, insurance, loan procedures, customs and related issues. The Lincoln University Collection of African Art and Material Culture is utilized to address object handling, writing condition reports, labeling, conducting inventories, and use of collections information management systems for cataloguing.