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Collection Management
Lecture + exercise
Hagay Segev

The Course will analyze the various components of collection establishment and management in museums and private collections including the methods utilized to define the vision and principals of a collection through the practical elements of its management. Among the topics that the course will address are: the decision to establish a collection; how to crystallize a collection which was formed without prior planning; professional collection management; unique collections of various types; aspects of registration, storage, handling, protection, and security, according to their specific characteristics.