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Guidelines for the Care of Human Remains in Scottish Museum Collections

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Acknowledgements – the Scottish Human Remains Working Group

Chapter 1: Ethical framework

Background

Ethical principles

Procedural principles

Procedural responsibilities

Chapter 2: Curation, care and use of human remains (Reproduced fully, below)

Introduction

Governance and expert advice

Acquisition

Temporary holdings

Loans

De-accessioning and disposal

Storage, collections management and disposal

Storage

Storage and collections management policies

Conservation

Public display

Access to collections

Research and sampling

Research, frameworks and strategies

Inventories of collections

Chapter 3: Requests for the return of human remains

Introduction

Receiving a request

The nature and scope of the request

The decision-making process

Criteria for decisions

After the decision

If the decision is to repatriate

Chapter 4: Legal issues

An introduction to the legal issues surrounding the holding and return of human remains affecting Specifically museums in Scotland.

Introduction

Legal Advice for the Care of Human Remains in Scottish Museum Collections

Further reading and resources

As well as suggested further reading, this section gives sources for the references used throughout this publication.