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THE MUSEUM WORKS WITH CONTRACTORS WHO FACILITATE THE ACQUISITION OF ARTIFACTS, ART, PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE HOLOCAUST-SURVIVOR COMMUNITY. THIS INCLUDES IDENTIFYING, ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING WRITTEN, TELEPHONE, AND IN-PERSON CONTACT WITH POTENTIAL DONORS AND OTHER SOURCES OF ACQUISITIONS, ON SITE VISITS AND FIELD WORK. |
SCHEDULE M, LINE 33: PART I, LINE 22, COLUMN (C): |
HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS: IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PRACTICE GENERALLY FOLLOWED BY MUSEUMS, NO VALUE IS ASSIGNED TO THE COLLECTIONS IN THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. PURCHASES OF COLLECTION ITEMS ARE RECOGNIZED AS REDUCTIONS IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS IN THE PERIOD OF ACQUISITION. PROCEEDS FROM DEACCESSIONS OF COLLECTION ITEMS ARE RECOGNIZED AS INCREASES IN THE APPROPRIATE NET ASSET CLASS AND ARE DESIGNATED FOR FUTURE COLLECTION ACQUISITIONS. |
SCHEDULE M, PART I, LINE 33: |
REVENUES FROM NONCASH PROPERTIES: In conformity with the practice generally followed by museums, no value is assigned to the collections donated to the Museum in the Statement of Activities. The amounts shown in Part I, Column B represent the numbers of contributions received, not the number of contributed items. It is impractical for the Museum to quantify the number and type of donations it receives for its collections. The Museum's holdings include: art - period drawings, prints, sculpture, posters, & other creative works; books & pamphlets; broadsides, advertisements, & maps; film and video - historical footage, audio & video oral testimonies, music & sound recordings; architectural fragments, models, machinery, & tools; microfilm & microfiche of government documents & other official records; personal effects, ritual objects, jewelry, musical instruments, & numismatics (currency); personal papers - documents, correspondence, memories, scrapbooks, photographs, & photo albums; and textiles - uniforms, costumes, clothing, badges, armbands, flags, & banners. |