museum collections
Institutional artifact repositories
Museum collections are the objects, specimens, and artifacts that museums acquire, preserve, and display.
These holdings form the core of a museum's identity and purpose, ranging from natural history specimens and archaeological finds to fine art and historical documents.
Curators manage collections by cataloging items, ensuring proper conservation, and selecting pieces for exhibition.
The museum's collections span three centuries of American folk art.
- sculpturesCarved or molded artworks
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- loan agreementsFormal borrowing arrangements
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
education · repatriation · manuscripts · curation · specimens · rare books · archivists · community engagement · fossils · research · cultural heritage · vault · inventory management · textiles · gallery · antiquities · treasures · exhibits
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museums
- vase exhibitsporcelain vases
- museumsmuseums, art museums, exhibits, galleries, exhibitions
- art museumspaintings, The Louvre, galleries, permanent collection, exhibitions
- museum thingsart, paintings, sculptures, statues, fossils
- photo collectionsphotographs, photo album, photo galleries, snapshots, digital images
museum collectionsprivate collections
Privately owned gathered items
personal collections · family heirlooms · looted artifacts · stolen art · contraband
museum collectionsscattered remains