Hi all
I'm looking forward to next week's conference.
I was asked to pass on the request to complete a questionnaire about deaccessioning in UK museums. Please see below.
Do please direct any questions to Anne-Catherine.
All the best
Jack
Manager
Grant Museum of Zoology
UCL Public and Cultural Engagement
Rockefeller Building
University College London
21 University Street
London WC1E 6DE
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020 3108 2052 (or 52052 from within UCL)
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This is an invitation to an important survey for UK museum professionals
The last years, new regulation has been promoted in Europe in order to allow museums to sell or dispose items of their collection to other public institutions or, more rarely, to private collectors. This practice is called deaccessioning. In the United Kingdom as in many other European countries, museums possess many items that are never exhibited, often due to a lack of space and resources. On average, only 10% items of the collections are actually displayed to visitors. Deaccessioning can be used as a tool to manage collections and museums more efficiently.
The present survey aims at a better understanding of actual practices and possible changes in regulation related to deaccessioning from the perspective of museum employees and managers, which is rarely examined. As UK museum professional, in this survey, you are kindly invited to express your opinion about deaccessioning. No particular knowledge is required to answer the survey.
This survey is conducted for a thesis realized in the context of a master's in Cultural Economics & Entrepreneurship at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The survey is fully anonymous and does not take more than 10 minutes. You can fill in the questionnaire by clicking on the following link:
https://tools.uclouvain.be/limesurvey200/index.php/135539/lang-en
If this link does not work, you can copy-paste it in the address box of your browser.
I would be very grateful to your participation in this survey: it will not only improve our understanding of deaccessioning regulation and practices but it will also allow me to realize my master thesis. At the end of the thesis process (Mid-July), the results will be sent to all participating museums.
Would you like to know more about this research or about me? Feel free to make contact with me at the following email address: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. I would be glad to answer your questions.
Thank you very much in advance for your cooperation.
Best regards,
Anne-Catherine Denies,
Master student at Erasmus University Rotterdam
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