A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections, Third Edition [Paperback]

Hailed when it was first published in 1985 as the bible of U.S. collections management,A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collectionsoffers the only comprehensive discussion of the legal questions faced by museums regarding collections. This revised and expanded third edition addresses the many legal developments—including a comprehensive discussion of stolen art and the international movement of cultural property, recent developments in copyright, and the effects of burgeoning electronic uses—that have occurred during the past twenty-five years. An authorative, go-to book for any museum professional,Legal Primeroffers detailed explanations of the law, suggestions for preventing legal problems, and numerous case studies of lawsuits involving museum collections.

Marie C. Malarois an attorney who has devoted most of her career to advising and educating the museum community. She served as a legal advisor to the Smithsonian Institution for many years and then accepted a professorship at the George Washington University where she served a s Director of the university’s Graduate Program in Museum Studies. She now holds the position of Professor Emeritus at that university and continues to teach occasionally. She has lectured extensively in this country and abroad on museum related -topics and has contributed to numerous other museum publications. She is also the author ofMuseum Governance: Law, Ethics and Policy(Smithsonian Institution Press 1994).

Ildiko Pogany DeAngelisholds BA and MA degrees in art history and a Certificate in Art Museum Administration from the Smithsonian Institution.  After working in museums in the field of collection management, she earned a law degreemagna cum laudefrom the American University's Washington College of Law in 1980.  For the majority of her legal career, she served as a member of the Smithsonian Institution's in-house legal staff concentrating on collectionlCM