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Deaccessioning
Making Our Collections
the Best They Can Be
Reynolds-Alberta
Museum
Randy Kvill – Curator, Agriculture &
Industry Collections
Justin Cuffe – Curator, Transportation
Collections
1958 Edsel Bermuda
Station Wagon
OTHER THINGS TO
CONSIDER
- Communication Plan
- Legalities and Ethics
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE PROCESS
CHALLENGES AND
PITFALLS
Questions?

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