Additional Information

Course Number

ANTH 314

Course Level

Course Description

Managing museum collections: cataloging, loans, ethics, legal issues, object handling, basic object conservation. Practical experience working with museum objects and specific museum challenges.

Syllabus Available

No

Notes

Course description available on the BYU course catalog for Anthropology. Please contact department for further information.

Additional tags: collections management; legal issues; object conservation; ethical challenges

Taxonomies

RPA Codes & Standards

• Archaeologist's Responsibility to Colleagues, Employees, and Students
• Archaeologist's Responsibility to Employers and Clients
• Archaeologist's Responsibility to the Public
• Specimen and Research Record Storage

CIfA Codes

• Principle 1: Adherence to ethical and responsible behaviour in archaeological affairs
• Principle 3: Responsibility for acquiring and recording reliable information of the past in archaeological research

Keywords & Terms

• Anti-Commercialization
• Conservation
• International Law
• Local, State, Federal, and Tribal Laws
• Looting, Collecting, and Illicit Trade of Cultural Property
• Management of Cultural Resources, Heritage, History
• Museum, Collection, Curation and Display Standards
• Professional Standards
• Standards of Data Collection, Recordation, Analysis
• Storage of Data, Specimens, and Records

Topics & Issues

• Conservation and Ethics
• Ethical Responsibilities of Archaeologists
• Ethics of Collecting
• Museum and Display Ethics