[can-talk] Major Deaccessioning Project

The National Trust of Australia (WA) is deaccessioning 6,000 objects in
storage that have been acquired through donation, bequest and purchase.
These collections require a substantial monetary investment in order to
manage them to accepted professional standards, expose the Trust to
unacceptable level of liability and risk and, most significantly, they
do not contribute to furthering the Trust's mission. Consequently the
Council of the National Trust has agreed to proceed with deaccessioning
and disposal of these items.

 

A three-stage deaccessioning process has been developed to ensure that
objects that should remain in public collections do so and that those of
no value to museums are disposed of in a fair and equitable manner.
Already objects with a known provenance have been offered for transfer
to relevant museums and collecting institutions. 

 

The Trust now wishes to advise of the second stage which is to auction
the objects within the museum community. Participating museums may bid
for objects via an auction process, not in real dollars but rather will
use the 200 NTA (National Trust of Australia) auction credits extended
to each museum when they register for the auction. The deaccessioned
artifacts may be previewed via the website only. Physical inspections
are not possible due to resource and time constraints. The actual
auction will be conducted via the internet on 26 September to save on
auction fees and to allow equitable access by regional and remote
institutions. The museums that successfully bid will have the artifacts
transferred to them at no direct cost but will have to pay for removal
costs. 

 

The auction will commence at 8am on Wednesday 26th September and close
at 8pm the same day. Museum representatives will be required to register
the accession number(s) of the items that they wish to acquire and
nominate how many of their museum's 200 NTA auction credits they wish to
'spend' on each. The National Trust will review the bids and advise the
museum representatives of the results via email no later than 5pm Friday
28th September.

 

The final stage of the project will be to auction those remaining
objects to the general public through a reputable auction house. All of
the funds received through the sale of deaccessioned objects will be
used to assist in the acquisition, cataloguing, conservation and ongoing
care of the permanent collection.

 

For further information about the deaccessioning project, the conditions
of the auction and to register your museum's interest in the auction
please go to the following link:

 

http://www.ntwa.com.au/TDP/index.html

 

You will receive a password that will allow you to preview the items
available.

 

 

 

Sarah Murphy

Manager, Properties & Collections

National Trust of Australia (WA)

PO Box 1162

WEST PERTH   WA  6872

 

Tel: (08) 9321 6088 

Fax: (08) 9324 1571

Direct: (08) 9212 1113

Mobile: 041 995 1454

 

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