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Louisville Historical Museum <br />Collections Management Policy <br />Draft — June 2015 <br />d. Fraud: Any artifact determined to be fraudulent or a misrepresentation of an authentic <br />artifact may be approved for deaccessioning. <br />e. Quality: Any item of poor quality that occupies valuable storage space may be approved <br />for deaccessioning. <br />f. Illicit Property: Any artifact found to have been acquired unlawfully or in violation of any <br />local, state, national, or international laws may be approved for deaccessioning and returned <br />to its rightful owner. <br />g. Abandoned Property: Under Colorado law, an item that was abandoned and added to the <br />collections could be reclaimed by the owner within seven years, in which case it should be <br />deaccessioned. <br />7.3 Methods of Disposal <br />The Museum staff shall oversee the disposal of any item being deaccessioned and shall use <br />one of the following methods: <br />a. Items may be returned to the donor or donor's heirs if the item was a gift and if the <br />donor's identity is known. <br />b. Reciprocal exchange of items with a similar cultural, historical, or educational institution is <br />suitable. Such transfers increase the possibility of preserving materials for the future and <br />keep them within the public domain. <br />c. Items may be given to a similar cultural, historical, or educational institution. <br />d. Artifacts subject to irreversible deterioration, infestation, or inherent hazards that may <br />imperial the condition of other artifacts or people may be destroyed. If portions of the <br />artifacts may be employed in restoration of artifacts of like kind, such portions may be <br />salvaged prior to destruction. <br />e. Deaccessioned artifacts may be sold to a commercial business or to the public through <br />advertised public auction, bidding process, or other means of communication such as <br />newsletters or email lists. Such items may not be sold alongside items sold by the Louisville <br />History Foundation at the Museum. Any monies received from the sale of these artifacts will <br />be dedicated to the development and care of the collections. <br />f. Destruction: If the object cannot be disposed of through any of the above methods after <br />reasonable attempts, it may be destroyed. <br />8. Ethics <br />8.1 Professionalism <br />a. Museum staff members, Historical Commission members, and Museum volunteers must <br />conduct themselves in an ethical and honorable manner. People associated with the <br />11 <br />