A Western Australian parliamentary question seeks information on the WA Museum's disposal policy, specifically regarding sales, write-offs, de-accessioned donated works, and the museum's de-accession policy. The answer indicates no sales or write-offs occurred in the past two years, no donated works were de-accessioned, and the de-accession policy was recently reviewed.

AnsweredQoN 4650Legislative Assembly
Asked
15 February 2011
Portfolio
Culture and the Arts

QuestionView source ↗

In relation to the disposals policy of the Western Australian Museum, I ask:
(a) which individual pieces have been sold off or written off in the past two years;
(b) what was the individual value raised in each sale, or write-off value;
(c) have any bequeathed or donated works been de-accessioned in the past two years; and
(i) if so, which pieces; and
(d) does the Western Australian Museum have a de-accession policy; and
(i) if so, when was it last reviewed; and
(ii) can the Minister table it?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
14 March 2011
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
27 days
(a) None.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) No.
(i) Not applicable.
(d) Yes. The WA Museum's de-accession policy forms part of the Collections Policy.
(i) The WA Museum's Collection Policy was recently approved (10 February 2011) by the WA Museum Board of Trustees.
(ii) Yes [see tabled paper no]
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