Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 08:56:48 -0700 From: Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Buying something from a museum (was Re: Whats in a straight 8 PDP-8)

On 5/13/14 2:26 AM, Dave wrote: It went to another museum, EXACTLY what is SUPPOSED to happen with artifacts placed into a public trust. There is a formal accessioning and deacessioning process that museums have to go through for any artifact in a collection. If an artifact is redundant, in poor condition, or is out of scope, the institution can de-acession something in its collection but the process is not simple, and they have to make an effort to try to offer it to another museum. A collector cold-calling a museum wanting to buy an artifact only irritates the person you contact. And just to make it clear, the Computer History Museum has a policy that NOTHING offered or in our collection is EVER sold. The Computer Museum had a different policy, and had artifacts in their gift shop, we do not. Please DO NOT contact CHM about trying to buy physical objects.