Museum deaccessioning

The decision to sell works from museum collections is usually related to the need to raise funds for restoration, new acquisitions or other projects. Selling works from public collections, in particular items that were once donated, has often proved controversial.

Minton boxed – Doulton sell museum collection

15 January 2002

Bonhams are to sell the impressive collection of Minton ceramics from the Minton Museum, Stoke-on-Trent in their New Bond Street rooms this year. The collection will be dispersed in two instalments, with the first 400-lot dispersal scheduled for April 30.

Military museum to sell off its collection

19 April 1999

GERMANY: SOME of the most unusual and fascinating military vehicles ever built are to be auctioned on May 15 when the contents of the Historical and Technical Museum of Nümbrecht are sold off.

Nazeing Glass Works and museum to sell collection after closure

22 September 2023

A family-owned glassworks and museum has closed and is selling its stock from the venue this month.

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Museum deaccessioning

Minton boxed – Doulton sell museum collection

Military museum to sell off its collection

Nazeing Glass Works and museum to sell collection after closure

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