| Bureaus
and Offices
within the Department with museum collections |
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Bureau
of Indian Affairs
More
than 5,600,000 items
Housed at 102 BIA locations and 71 other institutions
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Bureau
of Land Management
More
than 11,400,000 items
Housed
at
3 BLM locations and 121 other institutions |
Bureau
of Reclamation
More
than 2,800,000 items
Housed
at
9 BOR locations and 19 other institutions |
Fish
& Wildlife Service
More
than 5,600,000 items
Housed
at
173 FWS locations and 217 other institutions |
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Indian
Arts & Crafts Board
More
than 11,000 items
Housed at 3 IACB locations
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Minerals
Management Service
55
items
Housed at 4 MMS locations
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National
Business Center
More
than 5,700 items
Housed at 1 NBC location and 2 other institutions
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National
Park Service
More
than 120,000,000 items
Housed at 321 NPS locations and 570 other institutions
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Office
of the Special Trustee
112
items
Housed at 5 OST locations
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US
Geological Survey
More
than 40,000 items
Housed at 4 USGS locations and 2 other institutions
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| On-Line
Exhibits and Educational Material |
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Adventures
in the Past - Bureau of Land Management - includes educational
material for teachers, students, and lifetime learners. |
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Exhibits
& Teaching with Museum Collections - National Park Service
- On-Line Exhibits and a teaching program that provides lesson plans
for educators to use National Park Service collections in student-centered
activities.
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Exhibits
- Bureau of Reclamation - Reclamation's museum collections are exhibited
at several museums. Find an exhibit near you.
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Training
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Classroom
Courses - Department of the Interior - Museum specific courses
and links training provided by other institutions. Course available
in January 2008.
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Department
of the Interior - On Line Course - Introduction to Managing
Museum Property Collections available through DOI LEARN.
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Managing
Archeology Collections -National Park Service-
This online technical assistance and distance learning effort covers
all aspects of caring for archeological collections.
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Reference Material
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Department
of the Interior - Museum Property Handbooks and Policy
DOI's
policy and guidelines for the collection, management, and care of
museum property.
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National Park Service - Museum Handbooks
NPS's guide to manage, preserve, document, access and use museum
collections.
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Conserve
O Grams - National Park Service -
Short, focused leaflets about caring for museum objects. |
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Laws
and Regulations - The Bureau
of Land Management, the Bureau
of Reclamation, and the National
Park Service provide information about federal laws and regulations
affecting museums.
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| Interagency
Federal Collections Alliance |
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General
Information about the IFCA
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Frequently
Asked Questions about Contaminated Museum Collections
Developed by an interagency working group led by Interior Museum
Program staff.
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Best
Practices for Managing Federal Museum Collections
Federal Collections Alliance encourages the use of best practices
for managing museum collections at all institutions holding Federal
collections. |
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Other Federal Agencies' Museum Web Sites |
| More
Information |
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National
NAGPRA - National Park Service - Information about the process
for museums and Federal agencies to return certain Native American
cultural items.
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Professional
Associations
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Libraries
and Bibliographies |
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