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Newseum ñ museum about news, journalism and the first amendment. Currently closed to the public as we prepare new and expanded exhibits for a new facility slate to open in 2007 on Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the Capital. About 3-times the exhibit space of our previous facility and with some attention paid to a resource center.

Collections - In terms of our collection, we have about 2,000 accessions in the permanent collection numbering well over 15,000 items for which I have chief responsibility. We also have 35-45,000 historic newspapers which, except for the bare bones of registration, are handled by our Curator of Print News. And we have about 20,000 catalogued images and an additional 50,000 images waiting in the wings which our Director of Visual Resources takes care of.

Me - I have been in the museum field for about 7 years, but it took a while to actually work my way around to the position I trained for and currently hold. A registrar basically maintains records of accession, condition, and location of objects in museum collection, and oversees movement, packing, and shipping of objects to conform to insurance regulations. I also make decisions with the collection development team about what acquisitions are made/accepted and handle issues relating to loans.

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