NMM Collecting Policy ’07-’12
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Arts and Culture
Science, Technology and Exploration
The Sea as Resource and Recreation
Commerce, Conflict and Empire
Maritime Greenwich
ACQUISITION PROPOSAL FORM
Please answer all questions – please indicate where a section is not applicable or the
answer is not known. Thank you.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
] [To be completed by registrar
V-file/ REG number
Deposit Number
Othe r numbers
REG07/000
CDC Deadline:
Please complete by March CDC.
Name and contact details of owner:
ACQUISITION INFORMATION
Proposed method
Offer/
estimated price
Gift
ABCD rating
Purchase
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[To be completed by lead curator]
Auction
Other
Value (nee ded for both
gifts and purchases)
Has an independent
valuation been
sought? Yes/ No
Conditions/Provisos
Name of person to present the item to the Committee:
PROVENANCE INFORMATION [to be completed by registrar and lead
curator
High or Low Risk
Acquired in
Object is of non
Art Loss Register
it em (see criteria in
continental Europe
UK origin?
footnotes)
between 1933 -45?
If so, year
imported?
Provenance of object as supplied by owner. Please attach photocopies of documentary
evidence, e.g. sale s receipts, relevant section of Wills, letters, photos.
Please list any further sources you have researched, e.g, publications, catalogues.
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A: planned archive
B: on -site storage
B*: highly significant and displayable items which
otherwise would be kept at B
C: off -site local storage
D: off -site remote storage
should be on display if space can be allocated, but
ITEM INFORMATION [To be completed by lead curator]
Item category
Item name
Maker/ artist
Title (if applicable)
Materials
Height x width x depth (mm)
Weight (if relevant)
Brief description:
JUSTIFICATION [To be completed by lead curator]
Section of Collections Development Policy under which the item falls:
Relevance to CD Policy:
Proposed uses (eg. Education, research, exhibition, online):
Why this item? (ie. best of its kind, rarity etc)
Additional comments:
Name:
Date:
LEAD CURATOR AGREEMENT TO PRESENT
subject area lead curator]
Please confirm that you are happy to present this acquisition.
Please state your reasons for supporting this acquisition.
Name:
Date:
[To be completed by
SUPPORTING COMMENTS [To be completed by second curator or
specialist – Optional at Lead Curator’s request]
Please state your reasons for supporting this acquisition.
Name:
Date:
CONDITION
Curator comments: [To be completed by lead curator]
(Please comment explicitly, for example; insect damage; nearly as new; losses or in parts; tears;
corrosion; broken; brittle; fading etc)
Associated parts
Please note any related parts which need to be considered, (e.g. frame; plinth etc)
Health and S afety considerations
(moving parts, hazardous materials such as asbestos, radioactive, nitrate etc)
Conservation comments:
[To be completed by Conservation]
Name:
Date:
Has the item been seen and assessed by a
conservator? Yes /No
Date assessed by conservator
If yes: Name of Conservator
Copy of conservation assessment
attached? Yes/ No
STORAGE AND TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS
Curator comments: [To be completed by lead curator]
(storage area and storage methodology)
Please state where the object will be stored if acquired:
Collection Management/Storage comments:
Collections Manager]
[To be completed by
Special requirements
Health and Safety considerations
(moving parts, hazardous materials such as radioactive, asbestos, nitrate etc)
Transport requirements:
Name:
Date:
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Documentation and
cataloguing requirements
Copyright status of item
[To be completed by lead
curator]
Estimated documentation/cataloguing
time and personnel involved:
Unicorn
Mimsy
Will copyright be transferred to NMM?
Yes/ No
High and Low Risk Items
For the purposes o f determining relative risk one or more of following criteria may
apply to Low Risk Items.
A. Common types, or items of which multiple examples were made and have
survived.
B. Low monetary value. This will vary according to type of object, but in any
event objec ts of marginal value (below £500) would normally be considered
Low Risk; whereas items valued at £10,000 or more would normally be
considered High Risk.
C. Social History Material, personal effects, diaries, ephemera, snapshots, etc.
D. Less than 50 years old
E. No direct association with a notable person, vessel, place or event.
It follows that items not falling into any of the above categories would normally be
considered High Risk.