The Hood Museum of Art strives to be a capable steward of the works in its care, protecting each object for the enjoyment of future generations, understanding the origin of each work in the museum's collection, and, when appropriate,
deaccessioning objects that do not effectively serve the museum's teaching mission.
Not exact matches
It has meant that numerous appealing but not top quality
objects entered the collection — a situation that the department has addressed by a recent programme of assessment and
deaccessioning.
Group of accessories for case masks, pair of wrist guards, and dance cap Date: 20th century Dimensions: dimensions variable Medium: Wood, basketry, cardboard, leather, paint, cotton thread and yarn, gourd, cornhusks, nails, wool, and horsehair Credit Line: The Roberta Coke Camp Fund Culture: Hopi
Object Number: DEACC.1988.120.1 - 26
Deaccession Criteria: Restitution / Returned to rightful owner: the work has been legally requested for repatriation under Federal Law — Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990)
(1 m 73.04 cm × 109.86 cm × 54.93 cm) Medium: Coal Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the artist, gift of Sperone Westwater, and DMA / amfAR Benefit Auction Fund
Object Number: DEACC.2012.51
Deaccession Criteria: Work is in poor condition and can not be treated successfully / Exchanged for a different sculpture by the same artist
Dance wands Date: c. 1910 - 1930 Medium: Wood, paint, feathers, and fiber Credit Line: Gift of Casey Tollett Collins Culture: Hopi
Object Number: DEACC.2009.57.1 - 2
Deaccession Criteria: Restitution / Returned to rightful owner: the work has been legally requested for repatriation under Federal Law — Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990)
Any
object considered for
deaccession undergoes rigorous review by the professional staff (often drawing on the expertise of outside consultants) and the museum's acquisitions committee, which approves all accessions (additions) to and
deaccessions from the collections.
Hence, after 18 months of consideration, the group is releasing
deaccession guidelines reaffirming its traditional stance: that
objects may be disposed of only to support new acquisitions, and not used for endowment or operating expenses.
If a living donor to the Met
objects to his gift's being
deaccessioned, the Met will honor that wish.
The
object coming in to replace the
deaccessioned work needs to go through a heavy screening process by the Curatorial Committee, the Committee on Collection, and then ratified by the Board of Trustees in order to be approved.
To add to that, the
object being exchanged needs to be
deaccessioned, or removed in an official capacity.
While the Rose's collection of nearly 8,000
objects is celebrated — they own an impressive selection of works by Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns, among others — the institution nearly collapsed during the 2008 recession, and contemplated
deaccessioning its many masterpieces.
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