DESCRIPTION
This figure describes the demand and activity surrounding loans of IMA's works of art to other institutions around the world.
EXPLANATION
The loan process makes works available to a wider public, allowing for fresh collaboration, conversation and reinterpretation.
A work of art from the museum’s collection may be requested for loan to another museum with a minimum of six months to process the loan. Loan requests valued in excess of $1 million must be recommended by the Collections Committee for approval by the Board of Governors. Loans of lesser value may be approved by the Director. The IMA’s registrar is responsible for coordinating and documenting all loans from the IMA’s collection in a safe and consistent manner.
Museums often loan large sections of their collections out during their own gallery/ building renovation. This provides the ideal opportunity for another institution to show the works under safe conditions when the works might otherwise be hidden away in storage. (An example of this is Roman Art from the Louvre’s trip to the IMA.)
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