[BCMA] Items available for transfer from the Bulkley Valley Museum

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Good afternoon, 

The Bulkley Valley Museum in Smithers BC has recently undertaken a
deaccessioning project focusing on large artifacts in its collection. 

Our institution has struggled with storing these large items for many years,
and unfortunately space that was previously available to us will no longer
be after fall 2020. Other potential storage options are not yet fully
realized, and so we are seeking to transfer items to other institutions if
possible. Alternatively a lack of interest will be an indicator that similar
items are already represented in other collections in Canada. 

All items were reviewed by a Collections Committee, with deaccessioning
approved by the Board of Directors. We will be circulating the full list of
items through the BC Museums Association and CMA list-serves (apologies if
you see this twice!). 

We recognize that the value in some of these items may be that they can be
used to restore other existing items in your collection, and are comfortable
with that reality. 

We also recognize that many museums are currently operating at reduced
capacity, and that it may take some time for a decision to be made. We ask
that any institution wanting to receive an item please let us know by July
30th 2020 that they are at least interested, even if final details have not
yet been sorted. In most cases we would ask that the receiving institution
pay for transportation costs, but we welcome any institution to engage us in
a discussion of those details. 

Thank you, and I hope we all see better days ahead. 

Kira

 

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Kira Westby, MA
Curator
Bulkley Valley Museum
1425 Main Street (PO Box 2615)
Smithers, British Columbia
V0J2N0

Phone:  <tel:%28250%29%20847-5322> (250) 847-5322
Email:  <mailto:curator at bvmuseum.org> curator at bvmuseum.org 
Website:  <http://www.bvmuseum.org> www.bvmuseum.org 
Facebook:  <https://www.facebook.com/bulkleyvalleymuseum>
facebook.com/bulkleyvalleymuseum
Twitter:  <https://twitter.com/BV_Museum> @BV_Museum 

Check out our collections online:  <http://search.bvmuseum.com/>
search.bvmuseum.org

 

 

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