Galt Museum reviewing items to remove from display
LETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge’s Galt Museum is doing its annual review of what needs to stay on display and what needs to go.
The process’ proper term is deaccessioning. That “is the standard practice for museums to carefully consider which objects to remove from their collections and why,” says Collections Technician Kevin MacLean.
“When museums have artifacts within their collections that do not fit their collecting mandate or share the stories of the region they serve, those objects may be considered for deaccession. The deaccessioning process often helps museums refine and focus resources on the collections that are directly relevant to the histories of the communities they serve.”
Some of the items in the museum’s collection need deaccession because they lack sufficient historical context, while other objects better represent the history of other regions and communities.