<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>In general, try offering them within the museum community first. Or a non-profit or charity in your area. Public offering is usually the second to last option, just before destruction. (And I'm of the philosophy that selling deaccessioned items isn't ever a good idea... but that's a debate for another time.)</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Maybe someone on here wants it? What are the particulars of them? Photos?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">C. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On May 9, 2017, at 3:46 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m looking for advice about how best to dispose of de-accessioned items from a museum collection :)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We are de-accessioning two pianos. They lack donor information or paperwork, so we can’t contact the families,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Mainly, I’m wondering if it is acceptable to offer them for free to the general public? <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">…It seems a shame, but the only other solution we have arrived at so far is to pull them apart for scrap,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Look forward to hearing from you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">All the best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jessie<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">SS Sicamous Society - Penticton BC<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:info@sssicamous.ca">info@sssicamous.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">250-492-0403<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>BCMA mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:BCMA@lists.vifa.ca">BCMA@lists.vifa.ca</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.vifa.ca/mailman/listinfo/bcma">http://lists.vifa.ca/mailman/listinfo/bcma</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>