What is the value of a museum collection or object? Who decides this value and how?
Assessing Museum Collections. Collection valuation in six steps is a practical guide for assigning different kinds of value to objects and collections. This publication is aimed at anyone involved in the professional management of a collection. The original Dutch version of this publication Op de Museale Weegschaal was first published in May 2013 by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE). The English version has been available since March 2014.
Access Assessing Museum Collections is free and can be downloaded via the link below. So that RCE can keep track of the number of downloads and who is interested in the publication, you are required to fill in your name and email. Your details will not be used in any other way or given to third parties.
https://fd7.formdesk.com/archis/museale_weegschaal_downloads_engels
To download the Dutch version Op de Museale Weegschaal go to:
https://fd7.formdesk.com/archis/museale_weegschaal_downloads
More information on useful tools RCE has for the museum field:
http://www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/en/museums