Part 1. The museum. What is a museum? What is required of its board members? ; Museums are accountable to whom?
Part 2. The collection. Collection management policies ; The acquisition of objects : accessioning ; The disposal of objects : deaccessioning ; Loans : incoming and outgoing ; Unclaimed loans ; International loans ; Objects left in the temporary custody of the museum ; Objects found in the collection ; Promised gifts ; Tax considerations ; Appraisals and authentications ; Care of collections ; Insurance ; Access to the collections ; Visitor and employee safety as it relates to collections
Appendix A. Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, adopted by the General Conference, UNESCO, at its sixteenth session, Paris, November 14, 1970
Appendix B. Title III of Public Law 97-446 : Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act
Appendix C. Curation of federally owned and administered archaeological collections.
