Museum Insurance Policy Report

Insurance Insurance is the museum’s way of compensating for damage to its collections. Insurance provides funds to restore or replace lost or damaged items in the collections. The museum takes full responsibility of insuring its collection. The insurance policy provided will be based on the fair market value of the items contained in the permanent, archives, and research collections. They are also insured while in transit and in the custody of a borrower unless other arrangements have been made and a contract agreement signed. Outgoing and incoming loans will always be insured while off museum or lenders property. The insurance policy procedures will be followed unless otherwise stated by the director’s approval. Reviews of all collections
The public shall have supervised access, by appointment, to stored or exhibited collections for research or educational purposes. Any digital or physical paper records are the responsibility of the collections, curatorial, and archiving staff and is available to the public by request. Archaeological data may be confined or protected and will not be of access to the public. Registrar is responsible for security overall collections. The Collections Manger is responsible for maintaining and enforcing access procedures. The Collections storage areas will be accessed by curatorial, collections, and archiving staff. Volunteers and staff member must be accompanied and supervised by an approved staff member to access the collections storage area. It is noted that storing or handling artifacts that are sensitive to certain cultural groups, especially human remains, shall need special consideration. Curation manager and staff will work with cultural groups to develop specific storage and handling procedures for these types of
This policy is followed by all staff, governing body, and volunteers of the museum. The staff at the museum meets ethical, legal, professional obligations and maintains honesty, integrity, and loyalty to the museum and in dealing with its collection. They must represent professional conduct at all times. The museum follows the American Association of Museums Code of Ethics. The museum is ethically responsible for the protection, security, care, and preservation of the collection in custody. The collections are held and maintained for the public. The collections will always serve the purpose of education, exhibition, and research for the public’s benefit and will not be used for financial of overall gains of the staff or museum as a whole. The staff and other members of the museum should use nothing other than the steps and rules set out by this policy for acquisition, deaccession, care, and storage in dealing with the