Collections for People: THE STORED COLLECTIONS OF UK MUSEUMS AS A PUBLIC RESOURCE

A flurry of media attention recently, sparked by the Natural History Museum’s announcement (19.01.2011) that it intended to exhibit more of its stored collections and the announcement of the First Time Out exhibition, which will do the rounds of the London nationals.

The story quickly turned to the issue of how much the museums spend to store their collections with particular coverage on the BBC's London news which then resulted in Sally at the MA calling for a ‘new debate on the usage of stored collections’ on their website. 

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The research report

If you would like to download a copy of the report, you will find it here:

www.ucl.ac.uk/storedcollections/report/

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The research data

The research data (anonymised) are now online (click here), and I encourage anyone to use them for their own research.

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The Ideas Collection

The Ideas Collection is still accepting acquisitions. See suggestions for using stored collections. Add some ideas yourself! Go to the Ideas Collection

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