Research Catalog

Title

Museum governance : mission, ethics, policy / Marie C. Malaro.

Author

Malaro, Marie C.

Publication

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.

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Details

Description

viii, 183 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"In Museum Governance, Marie Malaro addresses a range of issues facing museum administrators and trustees, arguing they can handle their duties intelligently only if they understand two points--why our country sustains a nonprofit sector and what constitutes trusteeship. Armed with this knowledge, trustees can sort out knotty problems relating to corporate sponsorship, entrepreneurial activities, and fundraising in ways that preserve the integrity of the nonprofit. Malaro first explores the principles of nonprofit governance. She explains the purpose and use of professional codes of ethics and offers practical advice about board education and its role in fostering the long-term health of an organization. She then applies these principles to situations frequently confronting trustees, discussing how to set collection strategies, balance mission and entreprenurial ventures, handle deaccessioning, maintain effective board oversight, approach automation, and deal with repatriation requests."--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Museums > Management
• Nonprofit organizations > Management
• Museums > Public relations
• Cultural property > Protection
• Ethics
• Museum techniques
• ethics (philosophy)
• museology
• museum administration
• 02.30 museology
• Cultural property > Protection
• Ethics
• Museum techniques
• Museums > Management
• Museums > Public relations
• Nonprofit organizations > Management
• Museumbeheer
• Niet-commerciële organisaties

Genre/Form

Books.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-183).

Contents

1. On Trusteeship -- 2. Why Ethics? -- 3. Steering a Prudent Course -- 4. The Education of Nonprofit Boards -- 5. What May Lie Ahead -- 6. Controlled Collecting: Drafting a Collection Management Policy -- 7. Deaccessioning: The American Perspective -- 8. Exercising Oversight -- 9. The Myopic Board: The United Way and United Cancer Council Cases -- 10. Restricted Gifts and Museum Responsibilities -- 11. Lending for Profit -- 12. Poor Sue: The Realities of Protecting Archeological and Paleontological Artifacts -- 13. From Card File to Computer -- 14. Repatriation and the Law -- Appendix A. Codes of Ethics Relating to the Museum Profession -- Appendix B. International Council of Museums Code of Professional Ethics.

ISBN

• 1560983639
• 9781560983637

LCCN

93049384

OCLC

• ocm29598117
• 29598117
• SCSB-2026111

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library