Permanent removal of an object from a museum's collection
A museum registrar examines an artifact.
Deaccessioning is the process by which a work of art or other object is permanently removed from a museum's collection to sell it or otherwise dispose of it.[1][2][3]
^Report from the AAMD Task Force on Deaccessioning. 2010. AAMD Policy on Deaccessioning. The Association of American Museum Directors, June 9, 2010. Retrieved from "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 3, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Accessed November 14, 2015.
^"Definition of DEACCESSION".
^"As Museums Try to Make Ends Meet, 'Deaccession' is the Art World's Dirty Word". NPR.org.
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