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📢 There's still time to book onto this #RethinkingCataloguing discussion with Sian Woodward, which will focus on cataloguing in the context of institutional memory (or forgetfulness). ✍ What is institutional memory and where is it found inside or outside your organisation – e.g. history books, Wikipedia pages, trustee minutes, exhibition files, staff memories? How can it help us understand collections and catalogue them better? How does institutional forgetfulness, for example as staff leave, impact this? What can we do to address these issues in the future? Join us to discuss these questions. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e53u22A5 #Museums #MuseumDocumentation #Event

From the Museum & Library Collection YMCA trench checkers in paper sleeve Time Period: Between 1914 and 1918 Physical Description: 1 game, 1 paper sleeve : cardboard, paper ; in case 10 x 20 cm Learn more:https://bit.ly/40nuKkc #History, #PMMLHistory

From the Museum & Library Collection YMCA trench checkers in paper sleeve Time Period: Between 1914 and 1918 Physical Description: 1 game, 1 paper sleeve : cardboard, paper ; in case 10 x 20 cm Learn more:https://bit.ly/40nuKkc #History, #PMMLHistory

In 200-plus years, that has not changed. Please help the Museum & Library not only preserve rare books for future generations to read, but also moments like this https://bit.ly/3ZHD2RY Help preserve history today. https://bit.ly/48M8Qti #PMMLMission #ColdWarHistory

In 200-plus years, that has not changed. Please help the Museum & Library not only preserve rare books for future generations to read, but also moments like this https://bit.ly/3ZHD2RY Help preserve history today. https://bit.ly/48M8Qti #PMMLMission #ColdWarHistory

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to present at the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting on the topic “Digging through Paper: New Insights from Seh Gabi (Western Iran) through Legacy Data.” In my presentation, I highlighted the importance of revisiting legacy collections, focusing on the Seh Gabi collection housed at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), and shared the methodologies I employed to effectively manage and analyze this significant collection. #conference #museums #legacy_collections

I've just been on a managing museums and archives collections course. ° It's was interesting to learn the difference in procedure's that museums and archives have in regards to accessing collections, but what was also interesting is how very much alike both museums and archives are in regards to accessioning our collections, the only real differences is the terms used, and how we aquire collection pieces. ° Another interesting and useful course by #Museumsdevelopmentyorkshire ° ° ° ° ° #museums #archives #collectionscare #collections #management

📢 Bulk accessioning guidance updated Many thanks to everyone who gave their feedback between August and September. The guidance has been amended and is now available to view on our website. Changes include: ⚪ Simplified language, ensuring the use of plain English throughout. ⚪ Checking that the content responds to common enquiries. ⚪ Replacing ‘your collection’ with ‘the collection’ or ‘collections in your care,’ in line with Spectrum 5.1 and our rethinking cataloguing initiative. ⚪ Reference to accountability. ⚪ Additional references to policy. 🔗 https://buff.ly/4gfhFyR #Museums #Guidance #MuseumDocumentation

The unique challenges facing museum specialists dealing with the Cold War, this book takes a lead in developing the collection, display and interpretation of this history. The chapters question what makes a Cold War object; address the complexity of Cold War time; face up to questions of Cold War race, gender and imperialism; and reveal how to materialise the Cold War imaginary in museums. Most importantly perhaps, the volume demonstrates that, a consideration of the interconnecting forces of global twentieth-century history enables experts to add important complexity and nuance to the narratives with which they work and improve visitor understandings through innovative interpretations 240p 2024 Routledge https://lnkd.in/gkafsuWT

From the Museum & Library Collection Portrait of a Sailor Time Period: 1899 Physical Description: 1 print : color ; 54 x 35 cm Learn more: https://bit.ly/4caTVKd #History,#PMMLHistory