1. Great Museums need good Collections
Management
Nick Poole
Chief Executive, Collections Trust
Chair, Europeana Network
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21. Objects
Facts
Experiences
“Our first duties are to collect,
conserve and display material
culture, to protect the
nation’s treasures and to
showcase the high points of
human creativity”
Narratives
22. Objects
“Our first duty is to create an
open, welcoming
environment in which people
can come and enjoy the
experience of beautiful,
inspiring things”
Facts
Experiences
Stories
23. “It is not the objects
Objects
themselves, but the
connections between them
and the stories they can tell.
Our duty is to weave stories
and objects together to help
people understand the world
around them”
Facts
Experiences
Stories
24. Objects
Facts
“Our first duty is to provide an
Experiences
authoritative record of the
development of the natural
and man-made world. We
must collect and preserve
type specimens and objects
based on our authoritative
and scientific knowledge.”
Narratives
34. Physical
Physical
Collections
Collections
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Knowledge
Knowledge
Narratives
Narratives
Digital
Digital
Assets
Assets
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BSI PAS 198
ACCREDITATION
BENCHMARKS
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GUIDANCE
NEW IDEAS
COMPLIANCE
(23,000)
WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY (7,600)
47. Good Collections Management, as set out in
SPECTRUM, is at the heart of delivering great
museums.
It allows us to be open and accountable in our
work, while preparing our museums for the
challenges of today and tomorrow.
49. • All of these slides are online at
http://www.slideshare.net/nickpoole
• For more information on today’s presentation, visit
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk
• Join us at our annual conference & standards meeting:
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/openculture2014
• Follow us on twitter @NickPoole1 and @Collectiontrust