Acquisition and Accessioning Procedure

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Trainers:

Lindsay Duncan, Outreach Officer, Collections Trust

What will be covered?

In this session we will focus on the Spectrum 5.1 procedure, Acquisition and accessioning. This is the process of taking legal ownership of objects, especially (but not always) to add to your long-term collection. Accessioning is a formal commitment by your governing body to care for objects over the long term.

We will examine topics such as due diligence, ethics, policy driven decision-making, and recording written evidence of transfer of title.

The end portion of the session will feature scenario-based discussions about acquisition and accessioning.

Please note – this session focuses on managing and documenting upcoming acquisitions and will not cover resolving historic issues.

There will be opportunities to ask questions during the session, as well as share ideas with other attendees.

Format

This session is workshop style with opportunities to ask questions throughout. There will be a 10 minute break around 11am.

Who should attend?

Trustees, managers, beginners, volunteers.

Session preparation

• Think about your in-house procedures for Acquisition and accessioning.
• Think of any specific questions, issues and priorities.
• Attendees are welcome to suggest ideas for scenarios for discussion, but there is no guarantee that these will be used.
• Ensure you have a working microphone, so you can fully participate.

Learning objectives

By the end of the session, attendees will:

• Understand the Spectrum requirements and policy guidance for Acquisition and accessioning.
• Understand the Spectrum suggested procedure for Acquisition and accessioning.
• Understand the importance of having clear ownership of collections in relation to the MA’s Code of Ethics and the Accreditation standard.

Accessibility

To help us ensure you get the most out of the session, you will be asked to email us with any access requirements you may have when you complete your order form. Please see the list of examples of adjustments we can make. This list is not exhaustive and we would be happy to accommodate other requirements where possible, please email us to discuss.

Eligibility

MDSE is funded by Arts Council England (ACE) to support museums in the South East of England within ACE’s Accreditation scheme. The South East is defined as the local authority areas of:

• Bedfordshire (Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton Borough)
• Berkshire (Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor & Maidenhead and Wokingham)
• Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock
• Hertfordshire
• Kent and Medway
• Norfolk
• Oxfordshire
• Suffolk
• Surrey
• East Sussex and Brighton & Hove
• West Sussex

We prioritise places on our training programmes for museums which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation. ACE publishes the official lists of Accredited and Working Towards Accreditationmuseums on its website. Where possible we will make places available for museums which do not meet these criteria but the number of places will vary depending on the event format.

London tickets

MDSE is working with Museum Development London (MDL) to deliver some of our training and development programmes.

If you are working or volunteering for a museum in London you are eligible to attend this session.

Terms & Conditions:

For full details of our programmes conditions, see our Terms and Conditions on our website

By booking a place on to a Museum Development South East training event, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions:

• That you are from a South East museum which is in Arts Council England’s Museum Accreditation Scheme. Where this is not applicable you acknowledge that MDSE will facilitate your attendance if availability permits and that you or your organisation will pay any fees which may apply.
• It is a condition of receiving this ACE funded training that the online evaluation sent to the email address provided at the point of booking is completed by the specified deadline. This deadline is in the email notification unless a paper evaluation is specifically requested and submitted on the day of the training session.
• By booking a place you agree that you will make every endeavour to attend the event and you will give us at least 24 hours’ notice if you need to cancel your booking. If you repeatedly cancel your booking without sufficient notice you agree that we may exercise our right to remove you from future event bookings.