Collecting cultural material: principles for best practice

This booklet has been developed by the Heads of Collecting Institutions (HOCI), which is a forum of the Chief Executives of the National Collecting Institutions within Australia.

Australia's collecting institutions vary and include large government funded agencies, as well as small volunteer run community organisations. However, they share common objectives of collecting, researching, preserving, and exhibiting cultural material from Australia and around the world.

They also share a concern that their collections are acquired in a manner that meets the highest standards of legal, ethical and professional practice. These guidelines are intended to assist cultural institutions within established legal and ethical frameworks.

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