Collection Policies

These Collections Management Policies are updated annually. Our Policies are reviewed and updated in-house on a continual basis. The most recent versions of our policies are available from the Department of Collections Management.

For further information, please contact:

Department of Collections Management
RAF Museum London
Grahame Park Way
London, NW9 5LL
dcm@rafmuseum.org
020 8358 4889

Collecting statement for curatorial division

• Collecting Statement (352kb)
• Interpretive Collection Statement (41kb)
• Handling Collection Statement (61kb)
• Case Dressings Statement (36kb)
  

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• Policy for acquisition and disposal of artefacts into and from the collection (87kb)
• Policy for entry of artefacts to the Museum (35kb)
• Policy for exit of artefacts from the Museum (53kb)
• Policy for indemnity and insurance of objects under the control of the Museum (155kb)
• Policy for the handling of intellectual property rights (86kb)
• Policy for loans in (103kb)
• Policy for loans out (103kb)
• Policy for responding to the loss of artefacts (57kb)
• Policy for the labelling and marking of artefacts (58kb)
• Policy for the control of artefact movement (254kb)
• Policy for the numbering of artefacts and transactions (42kb)
• Policy for stock checking artefacts (46kb)
• Policy for accessioning artefacts into the collections (66kb)
• Policy for the management of risk to and from objects (88kb)
• Policy for the use of collections (33kb)
• Policy for the condition checking of artefacts (55kb)
• Policy for acquisition of electronic records (56kb)
• Policy for the use of purchase grant (30kb)
• Policy for environmental monitoring (33kb)
• Policy for environmental monitoring of light levels (58kb)
• Policy for environmental monitoring of relative humidity and temperature (30kb)
• Policy for pest monitoring (31kb)