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Re: Exhibition History
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Thanks! I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my questions.

Sincerely,

Lucille Stiger
Registrar
Allen Memorial Art Museum
Oberlin College
87 North Main Street
Oberlin, OH  44074
Tel: 440.775.8668
Fax: 440.775.8799

----- Original Message -----
From: Christine Droll <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, December 10, 2007 5:49 pm
Subject: Re: Exhibition History
To: [log in to unmask]

> Yes.  That's right.  I use the location field (and history) to
> keep tabs
> on them.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:TMSUSERS@SI-
> LISTSERV.SI.EDU]On Behalf Of Lucille Stiger
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Exhibition History
>
> Thanks Christine! How and where do you record objects on general
> display - in the location field only?
>
> Lucille Stiger
> Registrar
> Allen Memorial Art Museum
> Oberlin College
> 87 North Main Street
> Oberlin, OH  44074
> Tel: 440.775.8668
> Fax: 440.775.8799
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christine Droll <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:27 pm
> Subject: Re: Exhibition History
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> > Lucille,
> >
> > The criteria we use to distinguish general display from an
> > exhibition of
> > permanent collection objects are time and space.  If there is a
> start> and end time as well as a designated space for the objects,
> then> this is
> > considered an exhibition.  Usually a title and theme accompany the
> > display.  An exhibition record is then created in TMS with these
> > objectslinked to it.  It comes in handy during the few times when
> > we borrow
> > objects from local lenders to enhance the exhibition.  I then link
> the
> > loan record as well.
> >
> >
> > Christine Droll
> > Collections Database Administrator
> > The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
> > 4525 Oak Street
> > Kansas City, MO  64111-1873
> > Office: 816.751.1333
> > Fax: 816.751.0499
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:TMSUSERS@SI-
> > LISTSERV.SI.EDU]On Behalf Of Lucille Stiger
> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:12 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Exhibition History
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I have a question about using the exhibition module. Do you
> add/create
> > exhibitions for objects that are on display as part of the
permanent
> > collection and have no official exhibition title or do you just
keep
> > track of these items in the location fields in the Objects Module?
> > In
> > our former database, we keep a running exhibition list, and when an
> > item was on display as part of the general permanent collection we
> > just called the exhibition "Permanent Collection."  It was nice to
> > print out a chronological list of the exhibitions and dates in
order
> > to calculate light exposure time or just exhibition time. I'm
> > wondering how TMS users are handling general permanent exhibition
> > displays and the exhibition history of an object.
> >
> > Any advice/insight would be much appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Lucille Stiger
> > Registrar
> > Allen Memorial Art Museum
> > Oberlin College
> > 87 North Main Street
> > Oberlin, OH  44074
> > Tel: 440.775.8668
> > Fax: 440.775.8799
> >
>

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