War in the Pacific National Historical Park, American Memorial Park: Museum Management Plan

摘要

This museum management plan for the museum and archival collections at War in the Pacific National Historical Park (WAPA), located on the island of Guam, and American Memorial Park (AMME), located on the Island of Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, identifies the key collection management issues facing the parks at this time, and presents a series of recommendations to address those issues. This plan was developed by a team of experienced museum and archival collections management professionals working in cooperation with the parks management team and staff. The museum collections at War in the Pacific National Historical Park and American Memorial Park began soon after the parks were authorized and they have grown over the years, especially at WAPA. However, collecting has been somewhat indiscriminate and the current chief of Cultural Resources has been systematically reviewing the collections and deaccessioning those that are inappropriate, out of scope, or no longer have discernable value (i.e., rusted beyond recognition). The objects in the landscape, such as guns and torpedoes, have been accessioned as museum objects instead of being placed as structures on the List of Classified Structures (LCS) or on the Cultural Landscape Inventory as features of the landscape.