The basic procedures for the registration of objects set forth in the first edition of Museum Registration Methods have not changed; they have proved their effectiveness through time and their adaptability to the requirements of many kinds of museums. One book, however, cannot be comprehensive in the treatment of procedures for all institutions. [This book] continues to be directed primarily to art museums, but in this edition significant efforts have been made to address the needs of registrars in history and science museums and to demonstrate an understanding of the special requirements of small museums.

This edition also acknowledges improvements in methods and materials that have occurred in the museum field in the past ten to twenty years. It incorporates new information on the marking and storage of museum collections and the packing and shipping of objects, changes in tariff laws and regulations governing importing and exporting, and new developments in museum insurance. In addition, authors of articles in part 2 have revised their contributions, and new articles have been added on rules for handling works of art, on registration in a historic house museum and a natural history museum, and on the use of computer technology for museum registration.

Portions of the book have been revised specifically for the benefit of students who may be using this as a textbook in the many museum training programs that have become available in recent years. All bibliographies, illustrations, and sample forms and records have been updated, and a glossary of registration terms has been added. (Foreword, p. vii-viii).

CONTENTS
Part 1. Basic Procedures:

1. The registration department.
2. Incoming and outgoing material.
3. The registration of objects.
4. Measuring and marketing objects.
         Supplement 1: Supplies for marketing. 
         Supplement 2: Marketing specific kinds of objects.
5. Storage and care of objects.
         Supplement: Storage requirements and methods.
6. Loans from museum collections.
7. Packing and shipping.
8. Importing and exporting.
         Supplement 1: Provisions and documents required for duty-free
                               entry into the .
         Supplement 2: Additional information and addresses.
9. Insurance.
         Supplement 1: Concise glossary of insurance terms.

Bibliography.
Forms and records.

Part II. Specific applications.

The basic procedures for the registration of objects set forth in the first edition of Museum Registration Methods have not changed; they have proved their effectiveness through time and their adaptability to the requirements of many kinds of museums. One book, however, cannot be comprehensive in the treatment of procedures for all institutions. [This book] continues to be directed primarily to art museums, but in this edition significant efforts have been made to address the needs of registrars in history and science museums and to demonstrate an understanding of the special requirements of small museums.