| Bureaus
and Offices
within the Department with museum collections |
Bureau of Land Management
More than 14,000,000 items
Housed
at 3 BLM locations
and 135 other institutions |
Bureau of Reclamation
More
than 8,000,000 items
Housed at 9 BOR locations
and 70 other institutions |
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
55 items
Housed at 3 BSEE locations |
Fish & Wildlife Service
More than 5,400,000 items
Housed at 120 FWS locations
and 180 other institutions |
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Indian Affairs
More
than 5,600,000 items
Housed at 100 IA locations
and 70 other institutions
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Indian Arts & Crafts Board
More than 11,000 items
Housed at 3 IACB locations |
National Park Service
More than 125,000,000 items
Housed at 320 NPS locations
and 600 other institutions |
Office of the Secretary
More than 5,700 items
Housed at 1 OS location
and 2 other institutions |
Office of the Special Trustee
115 items
Housed at 5 OST locations |
US Geological Survey
More than 47,000 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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Interior Shelves
- Interior Museum Program's newsletter featuring how DOI museum collections are used across the nation.
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Training |
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Classroom Courses - Department of the Interior - Museum specific courses and links to training provided by other institutions. |
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Basics of Museum Collections Care, an online course available through DOI LEARN (search the course catalog for "museum" to find it). |
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Introduction to Managing Museum Property Collections, an online course 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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Interior Collection Management System
DOI's museum property database system for accessioning, cataloging, inventory, and much more.
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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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