Hello,

At the Australian National Maritime Museum we have just reviewed the classification as part of our project to publish TMS content to our collection website. We have reviewed this with the website user in mind, as classifications will be one of the ways users are to narrow down their search results and some of our previous categories made perfect sense to us but puzzled external users.

Thanks
Rhondda

Classification	Sub classification
Animals and animal products
Armament
Art
Books and journals
Ceremonial artefact
Clothing and personal items
Coins and medals
Commemorative artefacts
Decorative and folk art
Ephemera
Ephemera	Business records
Ephemera	Personal records
Ephemera	Political material
Ephemera	Promotional material
Exhibition
Maps, charts and plans
Models
Photographs
Posters and postcards
Sound communication
Tableware and furnishings
Tools and equipment
Tools and equipment	Medical equipment
Toys, games and souvenirs
Vessels and fittings
Vessels and fittings	Cargo vessel
Vessels and fittings	Fishing vessel
Vessels and fittings	Indigenous vessel
Vessels and fittings	Military vessel
Vessels and fittings	Passenger vessel
Vessels and fittings	Recreational vessel
Vessels and fittings	Service vessel
Visual communication

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Re; Classification terms, we've just done a complete review and reworking of the way Classifications have been used historically at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia.) We want Classifications, the Object Name and Title to all provide a unique contribution to object documentation, so have defined the Classification going forward as an 'object genre', a ' broad grouping' or list of 'art forms'. That has meant cleaning out a lot of Classifications that were actually object names, material types, etc. Of course, having said that, we are having a bit of trouble here and there making our approach 'stick' (Is it 'glass' or 'glassware'? Our curators fought for 'glass'). Still, the new list of terms will give us the opportunity to improve browsing by both internal users and those accessing our collections website.

Here is our current list. (It is a work in progress. We'll add more terms as we identify gaps. Some new terms are still in discussion.) Note: I did a lot of comparison to lists I was able to find in use on others' websites and relied a bit on the AAT's object genres. Hope i is helpful. get in touch if you have questions or comments about it.

Cheers,

Frances

Mia Classifications

Accessories

Adornment

Architecture

Arms and Armor

Artist Materials

Bamboo work

Basketry

Beadwork

Books

Calligraphy

Canework

Casts and Copies

Ceramics

Ceremonial Objects

Clothing

Collages / Assemblages

Commemorative Objects

Digital Art

Documents

Dolls, Toys and Games

Drawings

Fakes and Forgeries

Featherwork

Floor Coverings

Funerary Goods

Furniture

Glass

Horology

Industrial Design

Artist Installations

Judaica

Lacquer

Leatherwork

Lighting

Metalwork

Models

Multiples

Musical Instruments

Natural Objects

Packaging

Paintings

Photographs

Printing Matrices

Prints

Quillwork

Science and Technology

Sculpture

Textiles

Time based media

Tools, Equipment and Utilitarian Objects

Woodwork

Works on Paper

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