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<p>[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 3646939, member: 76221"]This is always an are of concern. The unfortunate problem is that a very high majority of a museums holdings are never seen the public. I volunteered at a museum to help document and enter their collection of coins and medals which the public will never see. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the main reasons is that the cost of an installing an exhibit makes coins a very low priority. The cost of installing a coin vs. a sculpture is the same. More people will come, and more museum donations are available to museums that exhibit popular works of arts to the widest audience that will pay to see them.</p><p><br /></p><p>My advice was they investigate selling, or loaning the coins and medals to other museums in exchange for material that would fit their respective areas of specialization. Museums are very conservative in that respect; they have to be to satisfy their supporter.</p><p><br /></p><p>The particular collection that I worked on was donated in 1913, organized in 2000, and I was the next person to help them with in 2013. Last year, they finally had the funding to justify their museum photographer to photo the entire collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>I all but guarantee they will only be used to augment other exhibits much the same as the Smithsonian has done with their numismatic holdings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 3646939, member: 76221"]This is always an are of concern. The unfortunate problem is that a very high majority of a museums holdings are never seen the public. I volunteered at a museum to help document and enter their collection of coins and medals which the public will never see. One of the main reasons is that the cost of an installing an exhibit makes coins a very low priority. The cost of installing a coin vs. a sculpture is the same. More people will come, and more museum donations are available to museums that exhibit popular works of arts to the widest audience that will pay to see them. My advice was they investigate selling, or loaning the coins and medals to other museums in exchange for material that would fit their respective areas of specialization. Museums are very conservative in that respect; they have to be to satisfy their supporter. The particular collection that I worked on was donated in 1913, organized in 2000, and I was the next person to help them with in 2013. Last year, they finally had the funding to justify their museum photographer to photo the entire collection. I all but guarantee they will only be used to augment other exhibits much the same as the Smithsonian has done with their numismatic holdings.[/QUOTE]
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