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Rethinking the Role of Collections in your Museum

Trevor Jonesactivecollections.org

Active Collections

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Let’s talk about Impact

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Rainey Tisdale Elee Wood Trevor Jones

Active Collections

A MANIFESTO FOR ACTIVE HISTORY MUSEUM COLLECTIONS by Trevor Jones and Rainey Tisdale

Millions of artifacts in museum collections across the country are not actively supporting the institutions that steward them. Museums of all types are experiencing

this problem, but it is particularly entrenched in history museums. Most history museums possess thousands of poorly maintained, inadequately cataloged, and

underutilized artifacts. Instead of being active assets, these lazy artifacts drain vital

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Are your artifacts lazy?

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Tier your Collections!

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Nine Effective PracticesFor Building Audiences

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