Collection management Te whakahaere kohikohinga

Get best-practice advice on how to manage your collections – from digitising to disaster planning.

Display of Textile Garments
Display of Textile Garments

Historical garments are a collection object that instantly creates a connection with visitors, as they are everyday objects that tangibly illustrate the values, habits, social status, working and recreational lives of the people who wore them.
Share your collections online
Share your collections online

Find a bigger audience. Join NZMuseums and share your collections with special-interest groups.
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Managing collections

Managing collections

Learn about managing your collection, from your acquisition policy to cataloguing and insurance.
Conservation guidelines

Conservation guidelines

Learn how to care for your collections and report their condition.
Digitising collections

Digitising collections

Find out how to digitise your collection items to increase access and support preservation.
Disaster planning and recovery

Disaster planning and recovery

Be ready for earthquakes, fires, and floods. Protect your staff, visitors, and collections.
Collection management: Repatriation guide
Collection management: Repatriation guide

The purpose of this resource guide is to provide museums with a foundation from which to develop their own practices and policies around repatriation of kōiwi tangata (human remains).
Borrowing and lending objects

Borrowing and lending objects

Manage your institution’s incoming and outgoing object loans.