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==Deaccessioning== | ==Deaccessioning== | ||
===General Principles=== | ===General Principles=== | ||
The term "deaccession" means that a work is removed from the collection and considered for disposal by sale, exchange or other means. Any deaccession of a work should be solely for the advancement of the Healing | The term "deaccession" means that a work is removed from the collection and considered for disposal by sale, exchange or other means. Any deaccession of a work should be solely for the advancement of the Healing Arts Program’s mission. The criteria for determining whether an object should be deaccessioned include, but are not limited to, the following: | ||
#The work does not further the mission of the Healing Arts. | #The work does not further the mission of the Healing Arts Program. | ||
#The work is redundant or is a duplicate and is not necessary for collection purposes. | #The work is redundant or is a duplicate and is not necessary for collection purposes. | ||
#The work is of lesser quality than other objects of the same type in the collection or about to be acquired. | #The work is of lesser quality than other objects of the same type in the collection or about to be acquired. | ||
#The work lacks sufficient aesthetic merit or art historical importance to warrant retention. | #The work lacks sufficient aesthetic merit or art historical importance to warrant retention. | ||
#The Healing Arts is ordered to return an object to its original and rightful owner by a court of law; the Healing Arts determines that another entity is the rightful owner of the object; or the Healing Arts determines that the return of the object is in the best interest of the | #The Healing Arts Program is ordered to return an object to its original and rightful owner by a court of law; the Healing Arts Program determines that another entity is the rightful owner of the object; or the Healing Arts Program determines that the return of the object is in the best interest of the program. | ||
#The Healing Arts is unable to conserve the object in a responsible manner. | #The Healing Arts Program is unable to conserve the object in a responsible manner. | ||
#The work is unduly difficult or impossible to care for or store properly. | #The work is unduly difficult or impossible to care for or store properly. | ||
The Healing Arts may deaccession but generally does not dispose of works determined to be forgeries.<br /> | The Healing Arts Program may deaccession but generally does not dispose of works determined to be forgeries.<br /> | ||
No trustee, officer, employee, volunteer or family member of such individuals may purchase deaccessioned works of art directly from the Healing Arts.<br /> | No trustee, officer, employee, volunteer or family member of such individuals may purchase deaccessioned works of art directly from the Healing Arts Program.<br /> | ||
All funds received from deaccessioned works shall be used to fund the purchase of other works. | All funds received from deaccessioned works shall be used to fund the purchase of other works. | ||
===Guidelines for Deaccessioning Gifts=== | ===Guidelines for Deaccessioning Gifts=== | ||
The Healing Arts shall honor all legal restrictions attaching to the gift or bequest of any work of art. In addition, donor requests which do not impose any legal obligation accompanying the bequest or gift of any work of art will be respected to the extent feasible, unless modified by the donor, or if the donor is not living, the donor's heirs or legal representatives. Before proceeding to recommend that a donated work be deaccessioned, the Curator first reviews the records of gift to confirm that the gift is unrestricted. | The Healing Arts shall honor all legal restrictions attaching to the gift or bequest of any work of art. In addition, donor requests which do not impose any legal obligation accompanying the bequest or gift of any work of art will be respected to the extent feasible, unless modified by the donor, or if the donor is not living, the donor's heirs or legal representatives. Before proceeding to recommend that a donated work be deaccessioned, the Curator first reviews the records of gift to confirm that the gift is unrestricted. | ||