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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

Krenutz collection, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artifacts, safety

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

In the Fall of 2001 the Museum of Peoples and Cultures (MPC) located at BYU received a donation of a very highly valued collection of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artifacts as well as several artifacts from the ancient Middle East. According to the American Association of Museums (AAM), one of the main responsibilities of a museum is to “have a formal and appropriate program of documentation, care, and use of collections” (http://www.aamus. org/infocenter/infor01.htm). My project at the MPC involved providing appropriate documentation, care, and use of the objects. Providing accurate documentation on a large collection such as this required many painstaking efforts. I labeled each of the nearly 500 objects individually with archivally safe products. This ensured two things: the long-term safety of the objects as well as the ability to find objects again in the future without confusing them with other objects in the Museum’s permanent holdings.

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