In most museums, the archives isn’t the only department stewarding records of archival or permanent value. Other departments, such as curatorial, conservation, and registration, also manage such records and are in charge of all aspects of their care, from preservation to access. Though they exist beyond their holdings, museum archivists are uniquely positioned to collaborate with colleagues on the management of these important records. How they may undertake this, if at all, varies widely from institution to institution. The Museum Archives Section’s Standards and Best Practices Working Group Annual Symposium will explore the museum archivist’s role in the care and stewardship of records held outside of the archives to begin to reach a consensus on best practices.
9:00 – 9:15: Welcome: Rachel Chatalbash, Yale Center for British Art
9:15 – 9:45: James Moske and Angela Salisbury, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Collaboration with Curatorial Staff to Manage Archives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
9:45 – 10:15: Rebecca Morgan, American Museum of Natural History: Field Books and Other Important Boundary Materials: Archival Collections in Science Museums
10:15 – 10:30: Break
10:30 – 11:00: Cate Peebles, Yale Center for British Art: Stepping Out of the Archives: Proactive Practice for Born-digital Art Collection Documentation
11:00 – 11:30: Tali Han, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Dissemination and Access of Complex Records: Panza Collection Initiative, Phase III
11:30 – 12:00: Roundtable discussion with speakers, moderated by Tara Z. Laver, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and Katherine Meyers Satriano, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Questions? Please email Working Group co-chairs
rachel.chatalbash@yale.edu and
megan_schwenke@harvard.edu.
