A forum on collection management organized by the National Palace Museum kicked off Dec. 3 in Taipei City, underscoring the facility’s commitment to addressing artifact preservation challenges faced by counterparts around the globe.
The two-day event, opened by NPM Director Hsiao Tsung-huang and hosted by Deputy Director Yu Pei-chin, brought together academics and experts from home and abroad to discuss the intricacies of storing cultural objects and developing museum catalogs, the NPM said, adding that the theme aligned with a meeting held by the International Council of Museums Oct. 29-31 at Paris-based Sorbonne Nouvelle University.
According to the NPM, collection stewardship is a critical museum function that optimizes use and access while extending items’ lifespans. In recent years, designing robust digitized systems has also become a top priority, it said.
During the forum, multiple speakers from Taiwan shared their experience with storeroom hardware, packing artifacts and relocating storage space. Hitoshi Kobayashi from Osaka’s Museum of Oriental Ceramics and Kenjiro Okimatsu from Tokyo National Museum talked about storeroom governance, while Thomas Heal from the British Museum delved into strategies for moving collections and Ina Klaassen, director of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, introduced the concept of open storage space.
The forum’s fruitful exchange of ideas and best practices is anticipated to advance domestic archive management capabilities, the NPM concluded. (POC-E)
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