Talk:Collection (museum)

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"Another case was the sale of a J. M. W. Turner painting in the collection of Royal Holloway, University of London to the Getty Museum to fund the maintenance of the building, despite the fact that the original benefactor had expressly requested that the collection to be kept intact. "

I have searched and searched for a ref for this -- is there one? I can't find anything about this particular sale, which makes me think that even if it is true, there must be a better example of this type of deaccessioning. Dina 16:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

"Most ethical guidelines for deaccessioning require that the funds generated by disposing of collection items be used only to increase or maintain the remaining collection."

I can't find backing for this. The museum ethical rules I've found give a variety of guidelines and considerations, but there appears no consensus on this point. The rules tend to prevent self-dealing between the museum personnel and the museum when they act on both sides of the transaction, and to prevent kickbacks and corruption, but I see no general rule on the limitation of funds' allowable purposes. Please provide citation.