Regulate This! The Acquisition of Imported Cultural Property by United States Museums
| dc.contributor.author | McMahan, Sheryl Danielle | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-21T18:24:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-21T18:24:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | As an emerging collections manager being trained in ethical and responsible practice, I was astonished in late 2010 when I saw a news headline from an article in 2008 that read "Museums Raided by Feds." I wondered, how is that possible? What happened? How does this kind of action impact the museum collection? All of these questions were swirling in my head as I conducted further research into the 2008 federal raid on multiple Southern Californian museums. I received few answers to my initial questions when conducting preliminary research on the topic, but an issue emerged that further peaked my interest. I noticed that all the museums involved in the raid were in violation of cultural property importation laws. This led me to ask a series of questions: What type of importation laws exist? What does federal regulation look like in museums? What influences do the laws have on museum acquisition practices? Is there a best practice for acquisitions of antiquities by museums, and if so, what are they? All of these questions helped to shape this Master's project in which I explore how the acquisition practices of United States museums are influenced by the federal import regulation of cultural property. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/4305 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher.institution | John F. Kennedy University (JFKU) | |
| dc.title | Regulate This! The Acquisition of Imported Cultural Property by United States Museums | |
| dc.type | Capstone | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Museum Studies | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | John F. Kennedy University (JFKU) | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts in Museum Studies |