Fatima, we did have objects that weren’t in our collection or on loan in a separate catalogue on an older database but I don’t think they migrated to TMS.
Our former curator included them but I don’t agree with it as copyright may be complicated
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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Mahdi, Fatima
Sent: March 27, 2018 1:29 PM
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Subject: Re: Using TMS for exhibition planning
Hi Christine!
1 -- At the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts we are starting to use the exhibition module for implementation. I would love to see all the exhibitions and rotations in TMS so that we have a proper archive, but for those where it seems like extra
work for the registrars I have not been pushing it.
2 -- right now TMS 2012
3/4 -- most planning is done in Excel since not everyone involved in the planning process has or wants to use TMS
It's interesting that you should mention exhibition planning, since I have had a curator contact me in the last couple of days about creating TMS records for works that will be in a catalog for an upcoming exhibition but not physically
in the exhibition itself. My gut reaction was that if it's not part of our collection or a physical object we will be taking temporary custody of, it shouldn't be in the collections database. BUT I would love to hear other opinions on the subject. Does anyone
else have "research" records like this in their TMS database?
Cheers,
Fatima Mahdi
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:41 AM, Christine Droll <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
In my search for the perfect mousetrap (in this instance, an exhibition-planning tool), I would like to
pose four questions to my learned TMS colleagues:
1.
Do you use the exhibitions module for
all your exhibition needs—from planning to implementation to archiving?
2.
If so, what version of TMS do you have?
3.
Or do you use another program/database for this?
4.
If so, what is it?
Any further insights or details of how your institution plans and implements an exhibition, using TMS or
other programs, would be most appreciated by
Yours truly,
Christine
Christine Droll
Registrar, Database & Collections
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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