Freda Matassa FRSA MA (Hons) DipAL DipEd is a well-known UK expert on collections management who advises, teaches and lectures internationally. Currently Director of Matassa Toffolo, a museum-standard art consultancy, former Head of Collections Management at Tate Galleries and co-founder of the European Registrars Conference, she is expert adviser on several European projects for museum standards and to the Minister of Culture on Immunity from Seizure. She was named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch in the arts and is the author of Museum Collections Management (Facet, 2011) and Organizing Exhibitions (Facet, 2014).

• 1. Introduction 2. The difficulty of valuation 3. Law and ethics 4. Insurance 5. Alternatives to insurance 6. Valuing your collection 7. Valuing an entire collection 8. Assigning a value Case studies: valuing different types of objects Templates Appendix 1: UK Government valuation of cultural items Appendix 2: European Report, Valuation of Works of Art for Lending and Borrowing Purposes Appendix 3: Glossary

It is an eminently readable book and highly recommended for all professionals working in museums, libraries and archives as well as collectors and anyone involved in art business.

Freda Matassa FRSA MA (Hons) DipAL DipEd is a well-known UK expert on collections management who advises, teaches and lectures internationally. Currently Director of Matassa Toffolo, a museum-standard art consultancy, former Head of Collections Management at Tate Galleries and co-founder of the European Registrars Conference, she is expert adviser on several European projects for museum standards and to the Minister of Culture on Immunity from Seizure. She was named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch in the arts and is the author of Museum Collections Management (Facet, 2011) and Organizing Exhibitions (Facet, 2014).

• 1. Introduction 2. The difficulty of valuation 3. Law and ethics 4. Insurance 5. Alternatives to insurance 6. Valuing your collection 7. Valuing an entire collection 8. Assigning a value Case studies: valuing different types of objects Templates Appendix 1: UK Government valuation of cultural items Appendix 2: European Report, Valuation of Works of Art for Lending and Borrowing Purposes Appendix 3: Glossary

It is an eminently readable book and highly recommended for all professionals working in museums, libraries and archives as well as collectors and anyone involved in art business.

Freda Matassa FRSA MA (Hons) DipAL DipEd is a well-known UK expert on collections management who advises, teaches and lectures internationally. Currently Director of Matassa Toffolo, a museum-standard art consultancy, former Head of Collections Management at Tate Galleries and co-founder of the European Registrars Conference, she is expert adviser on several European projects for museum standards and to the Minister of Culture on Immunity from Seizure. She was named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch in the arts and is the author of Museum Collections Management (Facet, 2011) and Organizing Exhibitions (Facet, 2014).

• 1. Introduction 2. The difficulty of valuation 3. Law and ethics 4. Insurance 5. Alternatives to insurance 6. Valuing your collection 7. Valuing an entire collection 8. Assigning a value Case studies: valuing different types of objects Templates Appendix 1: UK Government valuation of cultural items Appendix 2: European Report, Valuation of Works of Art for Lending and Borrowing Purposes Appendix 3: Glossary

It is an eminently readable book and highly recommended for all professionals working in museums, libraries and archives as well as collectors and anyone involved in art business.