Comments on: How We Acquire Art http://lacma.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/how-we-acquire-art/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:27:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: lacma http://lacma.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/how-we-acquire-art/#comment-1094 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:12:18 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=5308#comment-1094 Hi Sergio – Nice to see you here on the blog! This is what the American Association of Museums has to say about deaccessioning in its code of ethics. (As you can tell, personal opinions aside, it’s pretty clear what funds from the sale of art must be used for.)

Disposal of collections through sale, trade, or research activities is solely for the advancement of the museum’s mission. Proceeds from the sale of nonliving collections are to be used consistent with the established standards of the museum’s discipline, but in no event shall they be used for anything other than acquisition or direct care of collections.

More from AAM’s code of ethics: http://www.aam-us.org/museumresources/ethics/coe.cfm

– AA

]]> By: Sergio Munoz Sarmiento http://lacma.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/how-we-acquire-art/#comment-1093 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:09:31 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=5308#comment-1093 Allison,

You may not be at liberty to say, but I’m curious: do you think that deaccessioning should ever be done for reasons other than the acquisition of new (and greater) works?

Best,
Sergio Munoz Sarmiento

]]> By: Ed Bopp http://lacma.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/how-we-acquire-art/#comment-1089 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:12:29 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=5308#comment-1089 Thanks. Very informative!

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