R807-1-7. Curation Standards

(1) In order to be designated as an appropriate curation facility or repository for collections, a facility must provide evidence of its ability to continually provide adequate curation appropriate to the nature and content of the collection.

(2) Adequate curation is presumed for all curation facilities.

(3) Adequate curation for repositories means at a minimum:

(a) possessing and maintaining complete and accurate collection records;

(b) possessing and maintaining requisite facilities which have equipment and space in the physical plant dedicated solely to the proper storage, study, and conservation of collections;

(c) possessing and maintaining the ability to keep collections under physically secure conditions within storage, laboratory, study, and exhibition areas;

(d) requiring staff and any consultants who are responsible for managing and preserving collections to be trained in the curation of collections;

(e) appropriately handling, storing, cleaning, conserving, and exhibiting collections to ensure the physical integrity of collections;

(f) storing records of collections, including site forms, field notes, artifact inventory lists, computer disks and tapes, catalog forms, photographs, and a copy of the final report in a manner that will protect them from theft and fire;

(g) conducting regular inspections and inventories of collections; and

(h) developing and implementing procedures regarding the accessioning, loan, exhibition, and deaccessioning of specimens.