How do museums build and un-build collections?
To guide you through the museum “rulebook,” we’ll take a tour of the Smith College Museum of Art! By looking at what artworks are on view—and what’s not on view—we hope you will begin to understand how a museum collection comes together.
We hope by the end of this tour, you’ll come to find that knowing these rules and practices helps you understand and appreciate museums even better.
To read more before diving in, see:
1. How This Works
2. How to Read a Museum Label
3. What is "Public Trust?"
