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Appendix 2 - MGS Guidelines for the Care of Human Remains in Scottish Museum Collections: Contents page and Chapter 2
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
Summary
The following material is reproduced courtesy of Museums Galleries Scotland; when citing any of the following text, please reference the original source document (available from: http:// www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/publications/publication/378/guidelines-for-the-care-of-human-remains-in-scottish-museum-collections).
Guidelines for the Care of Human Remains in Scottish Museum Collections
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgements – the Scottish Human Remains Working Group
Chapter 1: Ethical framework
Background
Ethical principles
Procedural principles
Procedural responsibilities
Chapter 2: Curation, care and use of human remains (Reproduced fully, below)
Introduction
Governance and expert advice
Acquisition
Temporary holdings
Loans
De-accessioning and disposal
Storage, collections management and disposal
Storage
Storage and collections management policies
Conservation
Public display
Access to collections
Research and sampling
Research, frameworks and strategies
Inventories of collections
Chapter 3: Requests for the return of human remains
Introduction
Receiving a request
The nature and scope of the request
The decision-making process
Criteria for decisions
After the decision
If the decision is to repatriate
Chapter 4: Legal issues
An introduction to the legal issues surrounding the holding and return of human remains affecting Specifically museums in Scotland.
Introduction
Legal Advice for the Care of Human Remains in Scottish Museum Collections
Further reading and resources
As well as suggested further reading, this section gives sources for the references used throughout this publication.
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- Curating Human RemainsCaring for the Dead in the United Kingdom, pp. 176 - 186Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2013