Bonjour! At the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution we use the following fields. Object Status Deaccessioned Published Reference Note deaccession memo and date, destruction memo and date Current Location Site Other Subsite Deaccessioned SubLevel Destroyed In the Deaccession & Disposal pull down menu we create a new Deaccession Record with approval dates and fill in the Disposition Method as Destroyed. This allows us several ways of searching and sorting this type of information. Natalie Natalie Rjedkin Lee Registrar National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution Independence Avenue at Sixth Street, S.W. MRC 310 PO Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012 Tel: 202.633.2384 Fax: 202.786.2113 ________________________________ From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alexis Lenk Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:40 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Destroyed "Objects" Hello, A quick question: When "objects", which have TMS records, need to be destroyed (such as in the case of reproductions of objects created for exhibition purposes), how do you indicate this is TMS? We are considering indicating "deaccessioned" in Object Status, but I am not sure it is specific enough without further explanation in another field. Does anyone use Object Status "destroyed", or something else? We do not want to delete the object records themselves. Thanks Alexis Lenk Coordonnatrice, Documentation des Collections Centre Canadian d'Architecture Montréal, Québec (514) 939-7000 ext. 1520 [log in to unmask]