Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko is chief executive officer at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine.Stacy Klingler is assistant director of Local History Services at the Indiana Historical Society.

Book 6 of the Small Museum Toolkit, Stewardship: Collections and Historic Preservation, highlights all the foundational and fundamental principles that are integral in caring for historic structures and museum collections. The book is a first-rate resource for professionals looking to read a comprehensive overview of collections management and preventive conservation issues.

• Editors' NotePrefaceBob BeattyChapter 1 Caring for the Future: Collections Care BasicsScott CarrleeChapter 2 Straight Talk about Historic Structures and LandscapesBruce TeepleChapter 3 Collections Management: Know What You Have, Know Why You Have It, Know Where You Got It, Know Where It IsPatricia L. MillerChapter 4 Do We Really Want That Bust of Jesus, and What Should We Do with the Pump Organ in the Other Room? Or, Why You Want a Good Collections Management PolicyJulia ClarkChapter 5 Collections Planning: Best Practices in Collections StewardshipJackie Hoff and Nicolette B. MeisterChapter 6 Conservation PlanningJulie A. ReillyBibliographyIndexAbout the Contributors

Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko is chief executive officer at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine.Stacy Klingler is assistant director of Local History Services at the Indiana Historical Society.

Book 6 of the Small Museum Toolkit, Stewardship: Collections and Historic Preservation, highlights all the foundational and fundamental principles that are integral in caring for historic structures and museum collections. The book is a first-rate resource for professionals looking to read a comprehensive overview of collections management and preventive conservation issues.

• Editors' NotePrefaceBob BeattyChapter 1 Caring for the Future: Collections Care BasicsScott CarrleeChapter 2 Straight Talk about Historic Structures and LandscapesBruce TeepleChapter 3 Collections Management: Know What You Have, Know Why You Have It, Know Where You Got It, Know Where It IsPatricia L. MillerChapter 4 Do We Really Want That Bust of Jesus, and What Should We Do with the Pump Organ in the Other Room? Or, Why You Want a Good Collections Management PolicyJulia ClarkChapter 5 Collections Planning: Best Practices in Collections StewardshipJackie Hoff and Nicolette B. MeisterChapter 6 Conservation PlanningJulie A. ReillyBibliographyIndexAbout the Contributors

Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko is chief executive officer at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine.Stacy Klingler is assistant director of Local History Services at the Indiana Historical Society.

Book 6 of the Small Museum Toolkit, Stewardship: Collections and Historic Preservation, highlights all the foundational and fundamental principles that are integral in caring for historic structures and museum collections. The book is a first-rate resource for professionals looking to read a comprehensive overview of collections management and preventive conservation issues.

• Editors' NotePrefaceBob BeattyChapter 1 Caring for the Future: Collections Care BasicsScott CarrleeChapter 2 Straight Talk about Historic Structures and LandscapesBruce TeepleChapter 3 Collections Management: Know What You Have, Know Why You Have It, Know Where You Got It, Know Where It IsPatricia L. MillerChapter 4 Do We Really Want That Bust of Jesus, and What Should We Do with the Pump Organ in the Other Room? Or, Why You Want a Good Collections Management PolicyJulia ClarkChapter 5 Collections Planning: Best Practices in Collections StewardshipJackie Hoff and Nicolette B. MeisterChapter 6 Conservation PlanningJulie A. ReillyBibliographyIndexAbout the Contributors