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Internet Resources on Documentation of Museum Collections: Accession Register

Aide mémoire for Documentation in museums, n° 1, The accession register, EPA-ICCROM
This presents the Accession register: format, headings, security.

Aide mémoire for Documentation in museums, n° 3, Recommendations for the description of objects, EPA-ICCROM
Here you will find advice on describing objects and on standardization.

Aide mémoire for Documentation in museums, n° 4, Taking measurements, EPA-ICCROM
Practical advice on measuring an object: equipment, units of measurement, procedure.

Registration step by step: when an object enters the museum, CIDOC
Relatively clear and simple overall, although some parts are rather less clear than others. It explains, step by step, the procedure to adopt for registering an object when it arrives at the museum, from issuing a receipt through the creation of index files. The recommended procedure may be rather lengthy for what we know of the targeted museums.

Accession records, Collections Link
The various steps and documents needed for correct registering of collections. Although referring to MDA practices, this is a good useful resource that may be adapted to the targeted museums if necessary.

Inventorier des collections de musées, § LES SECRETS DU NUMÉRO D’INVENTAIRE, Ministère de la culture, France
This resource presents the characteristics of the Accession register. It makes reference to the DMF (Direction des Musées de France) standards, particularly in relation to the columns of the Accession register. The DMF standard requires a “14-column register”. Although rather old (1995), this is a useful resource and a degree of common sense will allow readers to distance themselves in regard to the DMF standard. In French only.