Office of Policy and Analysis: Collections

This section contains documents on the following issues: Management, use, and access of the historical, cultural, scientific, and other object, archival, and library holdings of the Smithsonian.

Collections

Collaborations in Conserving Time-Based Art, A Summary of Discussion Group Sessions of a Colloquium Co-organized by the Lunder Conservation Center of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, May 2010

Concern at the Core: Managing Smithsonian Collections, An Executive Summary, April 2005

Concern at the Core: Managing Smithsonian Collections, A Summary of Key Points Presentation, January 2005

21st Century Roles of National Museums: A Conversation in Progress, October 2002

Social Pressures on Art Museums: An Overview of Issues, November 2001

For more information regarding the studies and reports on this site, contact the Office of Policy and Analysis.