Gifts of Property: A Guide for Donors and Museums highlights the 1984 Tax Reform Act, the last significant change in valuation requirements, and covers requirements for donors and museums as recipients. It includes IRS Tax Forms 8282 and 8283, and is updated with information on recent tax changes, including the 1993 change regarding appreciated property.
For the first time, the U.S. museum profession's current operating standards in areas from public accountability to facilities and risk management are available in a single publication. This guide is an essential reference work for the museum community, presenting the ideals that should be upheld by every museum striving to maintain excellence in its operations. An introductory section explains how virtually anyone associated with museums will...
Collection Conundrums: Solving Museum Registration Mysteries provides guidelines for investigating the oddities found in every museum collection - objects without record, identification or sometimes even a location - and determining what to do. Written by registrars Rebecca Buck and Jean A. Gilmore, this volume contains essential information for museums large and small, new and old.
