Issue details

De-accessioning of museum objects from the Council’s museum collections

The report proposes de-accessioning (i.e. removing from the museum's register of publicly-owned collections) records of objects that fall outside the museums’ agreed collecting policies and whose public benefit would be better served by being in other public museums or archives or have long since disappeared or been transferred elsewhere. Under the national Accreditation Scheme for Museums, the authority of the governing body is required if museum objects are to be de-accessioned.

Decision type: Non-key

Decision status: Implemented

Lead member: Terry Gazzard

Lead director: Glen Chipp

Contact: Stephen Bird, Head of Heritage Services Email: Stephen_bird@bathnes.gov.uk Tel: 01225 477750.

Consultation process

Published in WL 24-Sep-10

Consultees

OS  St  SU  LR  SP  CX  Mon  151

EFP Reference: E2179

Decisions

Documents