#OMA2022 Handout for session with Ware Petznick and Andrew Richmond about deaccessions.

1. OFFICERS
Ware Petznick, President
Judith Sheridan,Vice
President
DaleHilton, 2nd Vice
President
James Weaver, Secretary
Terrence Sheridan, Treasurer
DIRECTORS
Mary Ann Conn-Brody
Linda Harper
R. Robertson Hilton
Madelyn Koltcz
Molly Weaver
Dean Zimmerman
Marci Zimmerman
HONORARY
Shirley Dawson,Honorary
Stephen Harrison,Honorary
John Hellman, Honorary
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D e a c c e s s i o n i n g f r o m a C u r a t o r ’ s
P e r s p e c t i v e
G i m m e S p a c e !
https://www.artnews.com/feature/most-controversial-museum-deaccessioning-plans-
1234575019/
Being a curator is a balancing
act. Remember all of the
stakeholders who look to you for
your knowledge and guidance
about how to make the
collections safe and accessible.
Be STRATEGIC in your decision
making.
Resources:
TEN AGENTS OF DETERIORATION (CCI) – Think about how all of
these can be adversely affected by crowded and improper storage.
Physical Forces, Fire, Pests, Light, RH, Theft, Water, Pollutants,
Temperature, Dissociation
https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/agents-
deterioration.html
Code of Ethics for Curators (2009) https://www.aam-us.org/wp-
content/uploads/2018/01/curcomethics.p
Don’t forget the digital collections and their needs. e.g. See Finding
aid for the Lawrence Jessup furniture collection for scope
NPS Collections Storage:
https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/mhi/chap7.pdf
NPS Handbook: (59pp)
https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/MHII/mh2ch6.pdf
Newark Deaccessions backlash: https://news.artnet.com/art-
world/newark-museums-plan-deaccession-sothebys-1966696
Baltimore Deaccessions backlash: Curators Asma Naeem and Katy Seigel
wrote in an op-ed published by the Art Newspaper, “Museums are not mausoleums or
treasure houses, they are living organisms, oriented to the present as well as the past,
and that is where the fundamental disagreement lies.
OMA 2022
Cincinnati, OH
April 4
ENSURE LEGAL
OWNERSHIP
before even
considering to
deaccession
objects!
Session with Andrew
Richmond of Wipiak
Consulting and
Appraisals
Ware Petznick, PhD
Former Curator of
AAM-Accredited
McFaddin-Ward House,
Beaumont, TX
And former Director of
the Shaker Historical
Society, Cleveland, OH
Now, President of
Cleveland Decorative
Arts
warepetznick@gmail.com
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