Steven Miller began his museum career in 1971. He has served as a curator, administrator, director, trustee, writer, consultant, and museum studies educator. For 16 years he was an adjunct professor teaching core courses with the Seton Hall University MA Program in Museum Professions, South Orange, New Jersey, USA.

• Introduction; 1. Making Sense of Your Community Museum Collection: Strategies for Stuff Management; 2. Collecting our Culture: Eeyou Cree Collecting at Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute; 3. Strategies for Acquiring Contemporary Art: Creativity and Collaboration; 4. Collecting Period Rooms: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Francis W. Little House; 5. A New Museum Builds a Collection: How One Gift Leads to Others: The James A. Michener Museum of Art’s Acquisition Success; 6. A Museum-Defining Acquisition: The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ; 7. Unpacking the Baggage: The Smooth Acquisition and Transfer of the Lee L. Forman Collection of Bags; 8. How We Got Our F-16 Fighter Falcon; 9. Community Collecting Conversations: Acquisition Stories, District Museum, Jorhat, India; 10. Collecting Nonverbal History Documents; 11. Barnum Brown’s Bones; 12. Conclusion

Steven Miller began his museum career in 1971. He has served as a curator, administrator, director, trustee, writer, consultant, and museum studies educator. For 16 years he was an adjunct professor teaching core courses with the Seton Hall University MA Program in Museum Professions, South Orange, New Jersey, USA.

• Introduction; 1. Making Sense of Your Community Museum Collection: Strategies for Stuff Management; 2. Collecting our Culture: Eeyou Cree Collecting at Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute; 3. Strategies for Acquiring Contemporary Art: Creativity and Collaboration; 4. Collecting Period Rooms: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Francis W. Little House; 5. A New Museum Builds a Collection: How One Gift Leads to Others: The James A. Michener Museum of Art’s Acquisition Success; 6. A Museum-Defining Acquisition: The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ; 7. Unpacking the Baggage: The Smooth Acquisition and Transfer of the Lee L. Forman Collection of Bags; 8. How We Got Our F-16 Fighter Falcon; 9. Community Collecting Conversations: Acquisition Stories, District Museum, Jorhat, India; 10. Collecting Nonverbal History Documents; 11. Barnum Brown’s Bones; 12. Conclusion

Steven Miller began his museum career in 1971. He has served as a curator, administrator, director, trustee, writer, consultant, and museum studies educator. For 16 years he was an adjunct professor teaching core courses with the Seton Hall University MA Program in Museum Professions, South Orange, New Jersey, USA.

• Introduction; 1. Making Sense of Your Community Museum Collection: Strategies for Stuff Management; 2. Collecting our Culture: Eeyou Cree Collecting at Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute; 3. Strategies for Acquiring Contemporary Art: Creativity and Collaboration; 4. Collecting Period Rooms: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Francis W. Little House; 5. A New Museum Builds a Collection: How One Gift Leads to Others: The James A. Michener Museum of Art’s Acquisition Success; 6. A Museum-Defining Acquisition: The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ; 7. Unpacking the Baggage: The Smooth Acquisition and Transfer of the Lee L. Forman Collection of Bags; 8. How We Got Our F-16 Fighter Falcon; 9. Community Collecting Conversations: Acquisition Stories, District Museum, Jorhat, India; 10. Collecting Nonverbal History Documents; 11. Barnum Brown’s Bones; 12. Conclusion