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If a new museum could only develop one core document at a time, I think an ideal order would be:

1.       Mission/ Vision Statements

2.       Emergency Preparedness documents

3.       Collections Management Policy

4.       Institutional Ethics Policy

5.       Handbooks and Manuals for staff and board

6.       Institutional Strategic Plan

I would start with some form of a vision statement, and then at least a first attempt at a mission statement (which the board might later edit), because museums don’t exist without a vision and mission.

Next I would have emergency preparedness documents ready to go. Emergencies can happen at any time, so it would be good to have a plan in place even before the museum starts to build its collection.

I would develop the collections management policy third. That way, there is a mission and vision guiding the accessioning process and an emergency preparedness plan to help protect the objects. Without any collection, there is not museum, so I would want the documents that guide how to build the collection to come pretty early in the process. I think it might be good to have a collection at least started before creating the board and hiring staff, since there is no use for a staff without a collection.

Fourth I would try to develop the Institutional Ethics policy. I think it would be good to have this in place before bringing on most of the board and staff. Museums exist for public good so ethics are key. I’d want to make sure I’m bringing on board members and staff who can unite behind this same code of ethics.

Before hiring most of the staff I also think it would be ideal to have handbooks and manuals ready to go for them. I’ve found it is easier to teach people how to do things the right way from the start than try to change processes later, so it would be good to have documents ready for onboarding staff and bringing in new board members.

I would make the institutional strategic plan last. I think it is just as important as the other documents, but it seems like a lot of the planning involved in it would be impossible to do before the museum exists. It would be hard to predict visitor numbers without a collection started. It would be hard to predict budgetary goal before having any staff hired. To me, the other documents seem to help guide in creating the museum. This document guides the museum in growing and succeeding once the museum has been created.

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In in ideal world, a museum would develop all six core documents before it opened to the public, as all of the documents are essential to optimal museum operations and are interrelated and dependent upon one another. However, if the museum could only develop one at a time, I would suggest the following order:

1.)    Mission and vision statements – because the mission statement is the “heart of the museum” and the vision statement guides the direction the museum wants to grow in the future, these core documents should be developed first as they serve as the foundation and guiding structure for the rest of the core documents and museum decisions to follow. The other core documents should be developed in a way that supports and furthers the mission of the museum.

2.)    Institutional ethics policy – this core document should be developed second because the institutional ethics policy could guide critical museum business, such as how to ethically acquire or deaccession objects, what constitutes a conflict of interest for a board member, and the policies for addressing a staff member who violates said ethics policies, as well as guide the policies and procedures outlined in the handbooks and manuals of the museum. It is also important for the museum to begin its operations in an ethical manner and to present a show of transparency and openness to the community it serves.

3.)    Collections management policy – this core document should be developed early in the museum’s inception because it is essential to determine how to and which objects to acquire for the collection as well as the policies and procedures for accessioning, documenting, describing, and displaying those objects. Although not all museums have collections management policies, it could create trouble down the line for a new museum if it acquires objects without such a policy and then does not have the appropriate procedures in place for deaccessioning or disposing of objects that do not serve its mission. This core document is more of a priority for object-focused museums, such as art museums.

4.)    Emergency preparedness – although the chances of an emergency affecting a museum might be small, its impact could be so large that it is important to have an emergency preparedness plan in place to mitigate the impact of a disaster if one occurs. Such a plan needs to be put in place in advance and be well understood by staff so they are able to execute it quickly and efficiently in the event of a disaster. Additionally, since emergency preparedness plans are ultimately created to ensure the safety of museum visitors and employees, they are essential documents for responsibly operating a museum. If a museum is more likely to experience a disaster (e.g. located in an area prone to natural disasters or a potential terrorist target), this document will assume greater importance and it should be developed earlier.

5.)    Institutional strategic plan – this core document should be developed after the mission and vision statements, which will guide the strategic plan. Although this document is listed fifth, it is still an essential document for guiding the museum’s day-to-day operations as well as longer-term planning. It will help the board and museum leadership set the actionable goals that will lead the museum to fulfilling its vision as well as create the measurable goals that will provide direction for the museum’s day-to-day operations, as outlined in its handbooks and manuals.

6.)    Handbooks and manuals – after the “30,000 foot level” documents are developed, the handbooks and manuals should be developed to guide museum policies and procedures at a more granular level. Although a museum could technically function without handbooks and manuals, they will provide greater consistency across departments in the institution, greater mission alignment, and a more seamless visitor experience. Although some policies and procedures could be put in place before the opening of the museum, the handbooks and manuals should be updated once the museum starts functioning to take into account board member, employee, volunteer, and visitor experiences (e.g. a reimbursement policy outlined in the handbook may be too cumbersome in real life and is subsequently streamlined).

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1. Mission and Vision Statement
2. Institutional Strategic Plan
3. Institutional Ethics Policy
4. Emergency Preparedness
5. Collections Management Policy
6. Handbooks and Manuals

I chose this order because it seemed the most beneficial for operating a museum in a successful manner. I believe it is always important to begin any business with a strong and powerful mission statement in order to allow the other aspects of the museum to fall into place. Following that, each aspect would follow the original mission statement and be closely aligned with it.

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1. Mission and vision statement
2. Institutional strategic plan
3. Institutional ethics policy
These three are the most important as they set the direction and the goals of the institution going forward as well as avoiding ethical mistakes that can lead to lawsuits.
4. Handbooks & manuals
5. Collections management policy
6. Emergency preparedness
Depending on the person, emergency preparedness could be higher, but I believe that, since we are developing the documents one at a time, we must have handbooks & manuals and collections management policy higher. Without these documents the museum would risk employees making mistakes leading to damage of the artifacts and other various negative effects.

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1.) Mission and Vision Statement
2.) Institutional Strategic Plan
3.) Institutional Ethics Policy
4.) Emergency Preparedness
5.) Collections Management Policy
6.) Handbooks and Manuals

I chose this order of development because I perceived this order to be the most logical. You would create the mission and vision statement first because then you would know how to construct the rest of the documents needed for a successful museum. The mission and vision statement would help guide you through the grueling process of creating the core documents. The strategic plan and ethics policy would be next considering that constructing a plan would be helpful in the development of a museum. The ethics policy is important as well because this will give the staff guidance in tough decisions that arise early in the developmental process of the museum. Emergency preparedness would be created next because it is never too early to be aware of what to do in an emergency. The collections management policy follows considering that it would be nice to have an emergency plan ready before you started discussing the collections management aspect of the museum. You would end the process by establishing handbooks and manuals for the various job positions found within your museum. These handbooks and manuals are key to a museum's success because they obtain information pertaining to day-to-day operations of the museum.

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I think that the order I would develop the documents in would be:
1. Mission and vision statement
2. Institutional strategic plan
3. Emergency preparedness
4. Institutional ethics policy
5. Collections management policy
6. Handbooks and manuals
I think that the mission and vision statement is the most important part of a museum since it defines what the museum stands for and what its goals are. This should be developed first. I think that a strategic plan is next since it looks to the goals of the museum - it is necessary to help the museum grow and move into new territory. Emergency preparedness is next since I feel it is important to look at prevention, preparation, and response to possible situations before they arise. Ethics policy is up next since it is very important that the staff of the museum are on the same page when it comes to the obligations, resolutions to issues, and potential conflicts that can arise when the museum is in its planning stages and to examine them again as time goes on. I think collections management is next since with an ethics code in place, it can be used to better prepare a cohesive and ethical preparation and management policy for the items in the collections. The last is handbooks and manuals since some of the codes and ideas for those can arise as the first five documents are being formed!!

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1.    Mission and Vision statement: This is really the entire purpose of the museum, and without it, the goals and ideas that serve as the foundations of what a museum hopes to achieve is lost and disorganized.

2.    Collections management policy: The collection is the star of the show, and I think the policy should be ironed out sooner rather than later because it is so critical to the success of a museum.

3.    Emergency Preparedness: Museums deal with countless artifacts that are important to human culture, there’s no reason why any object should be needlessly at risk due to a lack of emergency policy.

4.    Ethics policy: I believe the first three documents listed serve as a basic foundation for a museum. The ethics policy should come after the more critical infrastructure is taken care of. The remaining documents can be built off of the ethics policy.

5.    Strategic Planning: In order to succeed, the museum needs a long-term strategy. This is extremely important, but is not as critical as the other ones listed above.

6.    Handbook and Documentation: Employees and people involved with the museum on a professional level need to understand what they are doing and why they are doing it. This is an important set of documents, but should definitely be last because all of the documents listed before it need to be established before this document is truly useful.

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1. Mission and Vision Statement
Mission and Vision Statement always goes first. It's the foundation of everything in the museum.

2. Institutional Strategic plan
I put the Institutional Strategic plan in the second place, because i think it's vital to show the future goal and path of the museum.

3. Collection Management Policy
That's how the museum manage the collection which is quite important, for it determines the quality of the museum. I set it as the third.

4. Institutional ethnic policy
It shows the moral standards of the museum. May be helpful to solve some ethnic issues happen in the museum.

5. Handbook & manuals
Handbook & manuals show what museums have for the exhibition with simple explanations. I think it's not that important, so i put it in the fifth.

6. Emergency preparedness
It's common to put the Emergency preparedness in the last few pages of the document. People may be used to find the Emergency preparedness here.

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Mission and Vision Statement
Collection Management Policy
Handbook & manuals
Institutional ethnic policy
Emergency preparedness
Institutional Strategic plan

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1.  Mission and Vision Statement
It's the heart of the museum. It presents the fundamental goal of the museum. Also, it presents what the organization wants to be in the future and the role in the community even beyond the community.
2.  Collection Management Policy
Collections are the core of the museum. Hence, we need a policy to guide people to protect the collections. Also, it help employees of museum to present collections to visitor.
3.  Emergency Preparedness
Even though we do good work in daily protection, we can prohibit emergency.If the museum losses all the collections, the museum might not exist. Hence, we need this policy to limit the loss of collections in the emergency.
4.  Institutional ethnics Policy
This policy determines museum's responsibility to the public and put public over self-interest. This policy doesn't determine the existence of the museum, so it's the fourth.
5. Institutional strategic planning
It sets the long-term and short-term goals and gets you to the future goals. It's fourth, because it's not as important as other ones, but it's important for us to have goals.
6. Handbook and Manuals
After we make sure the safety of collections and the goals. We should make sure everyone understands their work. That can let the museum as a whole works better.

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1.     Mission and vision statement

The mission and vision statement are the most important because those statement are foundations of a museum. They will determine the purpose of the museums and everything else will build up on the mission and vision statement.

2.     Handbooks and manuals

After drawing the big picture with missions and version statement, handbook and manuals provide details and outline the process. Handbook and manuals are necessary to giving guidance so employees know what they are doing and how the collections will be managed.

3.     Institutional strategic planning

For a long-term perspective, right strategic planning is important because it is determining the future of the museum. The strategic plan can help the museum achieve the goals based on incremental improvements.

4.     Institutional ethics policy

After the basic structure of the museum is established, transparent institutional ethics policy should be built. The institutional ethics policy determines the museums obligations for the public.

5.     Collections management policy

This policy should be the next step because it involves key components about the collection. This policy will address the details and procedures about collections.

6.     Emergency preparedness

Having an emergency preparedness is necessary for a museum because the museum want to manage the risk of any loss. While emergencies don't often occur, this document is less important comparing to others.

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1. Mission and vision statement
Without this document there is no structure or direction for the museum, and therefore no museum,  so it is the most critical document of all for new museums.

2. Disaster preparedness
Nothing in the museum is more important than the lives of those within. That is why it is extremely important to be prepared for emergencies when they occur. A proper emergency preparedness plan will minimize risks and keep as many people as possible safe during an emergency,

3. Collections management policy
This is important because it contains many key elements of collection maintenance, logistics, and information. Not quite as important as disaster preparedness and mission statement, but is still a core part of museums that can't go unnoticed.

4. Institutional strategic plan
In order to maintain a successful museum, it is important to set goals that will be beneficial down the line.

5. Handbooks and manuals
Staff and board should be able to refer to these documents any time necessary, however I imagine most of them are not used often by many employees.

6. Institutional ethics policy
Least important because museums/museum workers should be able to conduct themselves ethically without having to refer to a document, however there are always a few outliers and that is why this is still necessary.

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1. Mission and Vision Statement
2. Institutional Strategic Plan
3. Institutonal Ethics Policy
4. Emergency Preparedness Plan
5. Collections Management Policy
6. Handbooks and Manulals

The reasoning for this order is as follows: 1. the mission statment is the goal of the entire organization, so it has to come first or nothing after it has purpose; 2. the institutional strategic plan functions as the outline of the goals, so its establishment must come immediately after the mission statement's; the institutional ethics policy is the next most important guide for decision-making and accountability within the organization; 4. emergency preparedness plan is not conceptually critical to the goal of the museum, more of an 'insurance plan' once the goals are in place; 5. the collections management policy is immediately after the emergency preparedness plan in importance of function because the day to day care and management of the objects and documents is not as critical as how to best preserve them in dire situations that could occur at any time; 6. there is nothing to put in a handbook or manual until the goals and procedures of an organization is firmly established, so this has to come last.

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1. Institutional strategic plan
2. Mission and vision statement
3. Collections management policy
4. Institutional ethics policy
5. Emergency preparedness
6. Handbooks and manuals

1. If a museum does not set goals, it will not know how to work and what they should to do. The plan about their future and goals are important for a museum.
2. When they have goals about museum, and mission statement will help this, and it can be changed according to the goals and community needs. Museum's purpose should be decided in this step.
3. Collection is important part for a museum, and they are the key for a museum. Collections and art works should be considered after a museum consider their goals and mission statement.
4. Then we should consider ethics and rights. To develop a new museum, works and visitors are important factors in this process. Museums must to have ethics policy to avoid or resolve these conflicts about interest, rights and so on.
5. In order to develop in the long run, museums have to have alternative plans to prevent accidents about limit loss, eliminate hazards and so on.
6. Finally, they need to think how to make handbooks and manuals about museums. These handbooks will help visitors and workers to know some basic information about museums.

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1.Mission and vision statement;
2.Institutional ethics policy;
3.Institutional strategic plan;
4.Collections management policy;
5.Emergency preparedness;
6.Handbooks and manuals.

I believe this is the order by the significance, which I do feel the collections management policy are as important as the other plans and policy, and to be honest the importance of handbooks and manuals are far away from other documents.

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1.    Mission and vision statement

Mission and vision statement are at the core of every museum and is the filter which all decisions should be made so this should be established first

2.    Institutional ethics policy

Second to mission and vision statement the ethics of a museum help to make all decisions and therefore should come early on in development

3.    Collections management policy

Establishing a policy of managing collections is the next thing that sets up the foundation for the institutional strategic plan

4.    Institutional strategic plan

Finally, create a plan for the institution now that you have a solid foundation

5.    Emergency preparedness

6.    Handbook and Manuals

With everything in place you can now set rules and guidelines for staff

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1. Mission and Vision Statement
I think this is the most important because it shows the public what the museum will focus on and how they want their museum to be perceived.  It would both show what the focus is for the museum as well as trying to envision what the future would hold and the direction that they want to go in.
2. Collections Management Policy
A collections policy should be second since a collection is what is fundamental to a museum. You need to know the steps behind acquiring objects for your collection, how to maintain them, and the proper way to deaccession if the situation calls for it.  It also encompasses everything from acquiring objects to obtaining loans.
3. Emergency Preparedness
It is always good to be prepared for any sort of emergency.  Having a good plan in the case of an emergency is a very good idea so that people are not scrambling around in the event that an emergency, such as a flood, is going to happen.  Not being prepared means that there could be a terrible loss for the museum because nothing was ready for an emergency.
4. Institutional Strategic Plan
Strategic planning could also go with creating the Mission and Vision Statement since they are both central for how a museum is to function and the future goals that the museum may have.  Since the goals are the main focus of the strategic plan, it is very important to develop this plan early on in the museum planning process.
5. Institutional Ethics Plan
The Code of Ethics plan is important to have in any setting.  Every year, employees do sign a Code of Ethics (I had to sign them yearly at my office jobs) and the importance of them were stressed on all employees.  It is important to know guidelines behind any sort of business or anything that serves the public or is in the public eye or interest.
6. Handbooks and Manuals
Even though it's at the bottom of my list, it is still important to have any sort of handbook or manual for employees to look at and get to know. Each business has an employee handbook and a museum is certainly no exception to that. Not only is an employee handbook is important, but also a manual in how the museum should operate is as well. It is a good idea to have anything that can be considered a manual or a handbook on hand so that it can be referenced if need be, just like any of the other core documents on this list.

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1. Mission and Vision Statement - because a museum can not go anywhere without a vision of what they want to achieve and how they aim to do so

2. Collections Management Policy - once the organization knows what they want to achieve, they need to look into what objects they want to portray their message to their community. To do this they need a solid plan for acquisition and care

3. Handbooks and Manuals - you've got the mission and the collection and the plans to care for it, but you need to decide how the people who are helping create this vision and what their specific responsibilities are in the organization

4. Emergency Preparedness - so now they have the people and the collection but how are you going to keep everything safe

(I couldn't really decide where to put Institutional Ethics Plan because I felt it really went hand in hand with the Handbooks and Manuals but then I really think that Emergency Preparedness is more important than the ethics part of this.)

5. Ethics Plan - gotta keep those volunteers in line, in other words lay the ground rules for what is acceptable

Last But Not Leas

6. Institutional Strategic Plan - now that you have an idea of what you want to be and who you want to help you, you need an action plan. How are you gonna get from where you are to where you wanna be, what steps are you gonna take.

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1. Mission and vision statement: The mission and vision statement are the most important because this is what determines the purpose and the direction that the museum will focus on. Which means that everything that will be decided on for the museum will be based on this statement.
2. Collections management policy: This policy should be the next step because it involves key components about the collection. This includes the collection, acquiring it, cataloging and other important planning. Since, this policy includes important details for the collection it is important that this is created next.
3. Emergency preparedness: Creating the emergency preparedness should be the next step. This plan should be created third because it is important to have the plans in case of an emergency. While emergencies don't often occur it is very important to have it in place and is known about.
4. Institutional ethics policy: The institutional ethics policy determines the museums obligations for the public. This is to promote the importance of public good over self interest within the museum. The policy should be create fourth because it is not as important as the other ones however, it is important to establish these obligations.
5. Institutional strategic planning: Institutional strategic planning is important but not as important as the other ones because this is determining the plan for the future. While this is an important plan, the plans for the current day needs to be created then the one for the future can be created and this order will help determine this plan.
6. Handbooks and manuals: While handbooks and manuals are important, they are the least important compared to the other ones. This is because these documents are more up to date documents that share overall knowledge on the workings in the museum, compared to it being a factor for the collection.

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1. Mission and Vision Statement
I think that the mission and vision statement should be created first because it outlines and defines what the museum is, what it stands for and how it will be run and presented to the public.
2. Handbook and Manuals
Handbook and manuals should come next to me because they will help further outline the goals and running of the museum and how the collections will be managed and cared for.
3. Emergency Preparedness
This is very important and could honestly come second or third for me as it contains the information and plan for a potential emergency or disaster.
4. Collections Management Policy
Managing the collections is arguably the most important element of a museum but cannot be undertaken without the above steps being handled and organized beforehand. Without a collection, a museum is just an empty building with a whole lot of rules about nothing.
5. Institutional Strategic Plan
The ISP helps organize the museum with a list of goals and expectations that the museum is going to try to undertake and accomplish. This provides museum staff with a plan of action and an outline for the future.
6. Institutional Ethnics Policy
This policy highlights the moral policies and practices of the museum and should be regarded as the standard to which all staff should be held to.

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1. Mission and vision statement
Because the mission and vision statement are the most important and the most fundamental to do before we build a new museum, so it is the first thing we need to do.
2. Institutional ethics policy
In the museum, the board, staff and volunteer should all sign an acknowledgement of the ethics code which can protect the museum and the collections in the museum, which is very important.
3. Collections management policy
Collections could be another heart for the museum, every visitor comes to the museum to see the collection. Therefore, the collections management is also very important to the museum.
4. Institutional strategic plan
After we had our mission and vision statement, and also some policies about the museum staff and collection, we need to make a strategic plan to set a goal for museum, which can make the museum operates more successfully.
5. Emergency preparedness
Because the museum is a public place, and we should be responsible for all our vistors and staff, therefore, we should be prepared for some emergency.
6. Handbooks&Manual
This is for the staff in the museum, this is also important for the museum. However, compared to other thing in the core document, it seems less important than others.

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1. Mission and Vision Statement

I think that the mission and vision statement should be created first because it is what the museum’s structure will be built off of. Everything in the museum will be created by following the mission statement.

2. Institutional Ethnics Policy

Moral standards should be one of the top things a museum should address first. This helps to avoid conflicts within the museum.

3. Collections Management Policy

Managing the collections is a very important job as it is the main reason why people come to the museum. This policy needs to be very clear to ensure that there is no mistakes made in organizing the collections.

4. Institutional Strategic Plan

This plan will help set up the museum by listing goals and expectations that the museum will strive to meet in the near future. This will help guide staff members as to what they are working towards.

5. Emergency Preparedness

This is very important as it obtains to the safety of the visitors and the staff members. However, emergency's do not happen very often so it can be left till the last few things that the museum needs to plan.

6. Handbook and Manuals

Handbook and manuals are necessary to ensure that employees know what they are doing, so no critical mistakes are made. It is also good to have all the information about the museum written down in one place.

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1. Mission and vision statement
Starting with the mission and vision statement acts as a foundation for the rest of the museum to be built upon.
2. Institutional strategic plan
If the mission and vision statement is the longterm goal for the museum, the institutional strategic plan is the short term plan that will eventually end up resulting in that longterm goal.
3. Institutional ethics policy
The institutional ethics policy would be next in my opinion because ethicalness should be of the upmost priority to museums, especially considering the questionable ethical past that some museums have.
4. Collection management policy
The collection management policy is needed to be able to structure and organize the museum, which is important and would the next document to develop.
5. Emergency preparedness
After setting up how to manage a collection, the next steps to take would be to specify how that collection would be taken care of during an emergency.
6. Handbooks and manuals
Last but not least would be handbooks and manuals for the museum staff.

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1) Mission and Vision Statement
2) Institutional Strategic Plan
3) Institutional Ethnic Policy
4) Collection Management Policy
5) Handbooks and Manuals
6) Emergency Preparedness

1)  The mission statement is basically what the museum is built around so this must be first.

2)  The plan must be second because of the fact that once a museum has its vision, it needs a plan on how the museum will work.

3) The collection management policy should be third because how the items at the museum are managed is a big part in the museum structure due to the fact that the museum revolves around those items.

4) The ethnic policy is fourth because it is basically apart of the plan due to the fact that it is how the employees have to to be and how the whole museum operates ethically.

5) Handbooks and manuals would be close to last due to the fact that they are really for the audience coming to the museum to understand where each exhibit is and what each one has.

6) Emergency preparedness should be last because an emergency is a rare event in museums so everything that has to do with the museum should be placed first.

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1. Mission and Vision Statement
I think mission and vision statement should be the first place. It is the most
important thing, because it forms the foundation and the most basic part.
2. Institutional Strategic Management
I put 'institutional strategic management' in the second step, because it shows
museum's current situation and it is related to setting a goal for the future.
3. Collection Management Policy
It is the third step it is about organizing and providing guideline to deal with
documents, which is important part to manage collections efficiently and
safely.
4. Institutional Ethics Policy
I think 'Ethics Policy' is important than 'Handbooks and Manuals', because
institution's policy about ethics can provide a guideline to make handbooks and
manuals.
5. Handbooks and Manuals
As I briefly mentioned in the step4, because I think handbooks and manuals,
which are about operating and defining roles and responsibility of members,
should be formed based on the institutional ethics policy. So, I put this after
'institutional ethics policy'.
6. Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Preparedness is guideline of prevent emergency and how to
response to it. I put this on the last, because It is for the emergency, not for
regular basis.

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1. Mission and Vision Statement

2. Institutional Strategic plan
3. Institutional ethnic policy
4. Collection Management Policy

5.  Handbooks and manuals

6. Emergency preparedness

Mission statement is an obvious number one because essentially is the purpose of the museum and the vision represents the organization as a whole.

The institution strategic plan would be next because in order to sustain a successful long lasting museum you need long and short term goals. It is also important to listen to what the public likes and based your strategy off that.

The institutional ethnic policy would be next because it is very important for a museum to put their ethics first. The ethics is the basis of how your employees act and the mood of your museum.

Collection management policy is fourth. It is important to have solid collections because that is why visitors come. It essentially is the first attractable thing a visitor sees as well.

The next is handbook and manuals, this is important for those who enjoy keeping items from museums or reading them while they go through. Helps them understand the concept of the museum.

Emergency Preparedness would come last. Although this could be a very big disaster occurring, they are very unlikely, but very important.

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I would choose Mission and vision be the first because it is the core of a museum. The mission statement claims the basic purpose of a museum and the vision statement states the whole organization of a museum.

Second is the strategic planning since it shows the goals for the future of the museum and people need to know what’s the museum’s current situation so that they can set steps to reach goals.

Next one is collections management policy. Visitors come to museum is to see the collections so it’s essential for museum to take care of their exhibits. Without the collections, people won’t go to the museum.

The forth one is the institutional code of ethics. That’s the obligation to the mission. I think it’s very important because the ethics lead staff in museum to do the things in a right way.

Disaster preparedness come to the next. It’s not very crucial since the museum will seldom happen this situation but we also need to prepare for this because safe is the foundation of a building.

Last one will be the handbooks and manuals. Once other steps have been prepared, the museum can create the handbooks and manuals for people to understand the systems or collections of a museum.

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I actually believe the order given in the powerpoint for this week would be the best way to develop the Core Documents. The Mission and Vision Statement would be formed just as the museum was transforming from an idea into something which might become a reality, in order to give direction for the formation of the museum. The Institutional Strategic Plan would follow as a guide to how the museum would be formed in the coming years, lending a more concrete outline to a new museum from the Mission and Vision Statement. As the museum began to collect pieces, prior to opening, the next step would be to formulate a Collections Management Policy in order to take care of the objects newly acquired. Several months away from opening, the Handbooks and Manuals for each position would be created as the new museum was hiring and wished to have clear delineations for how each position would function. Only a few months away from opening, as part of the promotions, the Institutional Ethics Policy would be formulated to instill trust in the public about the position of the museum in the local community. Lastly, prior to the museum's opening, after the museum has been built and is nearly ready to open, the Emergency Preparedness Policies would be written to ensure a safe grand opening and running in the future.

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1. Mission and Vision Statement
I think that this is the most important because it illustrates the main point of the museum and what the museum will strive for in the future.

2. Collections Management Policy
Clear statement of what is in the museum and the documentation behind each work.

3. Emergency Preparedness
Allows for emergencies to be handled in an appropriate way and quickly. Also they can happen at any time so it is important to have them accounted for right away.

4. Institutional Ethnics Policy
Helps the employees and volunteers at the museum to feel accounted for and to put the public over their own self-interest. This should be reviewed annually and changed if needed. This also helps resolve any ethnic issues that could come up and helps enforce ethnics in the workplace.

5. Handbook and Manuals
Once everything above is done it is important to gather everything into the handbook and have it written down.

6. Institutional Strategic Plan
This is done after the museum has opened and allows for the future of the museum to be planned in regards to exhibitions and events as well as changes that need to be made to the museum to engage and satisfy the public.

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1. Mission and Vision Statement
Mission is the bedrock of museums. It is the purpose of the museum. Vision is prospect and blueprint of museum.

2. Emergency Preparedness
It prevent objects from damage and people from injury. A perfect Emergency Preparedness decides on the existence of museums or not. It is more important than three core documents below.

3. Institutional ethnics Policy
Managers and museum staffs should know the moral standards. information about objects should be public and transparent to visitors.

4. Institutional strategic planning
It is easy to establish Mission and Statement of museum. However, how to ensure its smooth operation depends on whether the methods is good or not. It is important to distinguish long-term goals and short-term goals. Strategic planning also indicated procedures to finish each steps properly.

5. Collection Management Policy
How to protect collections and present them to visitors reflects management ability. For example, Clearly classified and easily accessible documentation.

6. Handbook and Manuals.
This is the last step. It illustrates specific roles of different types of staffs. It makes sure that everyone understand what they should do. Museums is like a operating machine. If every machine parts works well, the overall machine is
effective and efficient.
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Mission and Vision Statement

Collection Management Policy

Handbook & manuals

Institutional ethnic policy

Emergency preparedness

Institutional Strategic plan

First of all, mission and vision statement are most important part because this is the heart of museum.

Secondly, I pick collection management  policy because when we claim mission statement, we also understand what collections we need and how to manage them and protect them.

Thirdly, handbook & manuals for museum workers is also important because we should start operation after we claim the statement. We must have handbook and manual for employees before we start operation.

Fourthly, I choose institutional ethic policy because this promotes  the public good over self-interest. It should be reviewed regularly. Board, staff, and volunteers should sign an acknowledgement of the code each year, along with an acknowledgement of any known conflicts of interest.

After that, I choose emergency preparedness because we are now already done the prepared work and start receiving visitors. Now, we should consider safety and emergency for both collections and visitors.

Finally, I choose institutional strategic plan because the museum is functionally working. Next step is to make it improve and consider long-run strategies.

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1.  Mission and vision statements.
These are the heart and core of a museum and what the museum should strive to achieve everyday.
2. Emergency preparedness
Once the museum is developing in a building, plans for an emergency should be set in place as emergencies can occur at any time.
3. Institutional Ethics policy
The ethics policy is hand in hand with the mission of the museum when dealing with the staff, putting the public good over self interest, and needs to be reviewed on an annual basis. This comes before collections policy because before it's decided on what the collections are and how to treat them, how to treat the staff, board, and institution are more important.
4. Collections policy
This can be done when deciding what collections and exhibits to have based on the mission statement. Once this is established, creating loan policies, insurance and documentation are to be completed after acquiring the collection of the museum.
5. Handbooks and manuals
Once the proceeding steps are created and established, it's appropriate to create the handbooks and manuals describing them.
6. Institutional strategic planning
This is done after the museum has opened, so the museum can decide on what's working for them or not and where the museum should head in the future regarding collection, exhibits, expansion, deaccessions, etc.

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1.       Mission and Vision Statement

It is the basic element for a museum because it is the core of a museum. The mission statement is the fundamental purpose of a museum, and the vision statement is the museum’s expectation for its future development.

2.       Institutional Strategic Plan

It sets the next small goals based on the museum’s current situation. This means that the strategic plan can help the museum achieve the goals based on incremental improvements.

3.       Institutional Ethics Policy

It shows the transparency of the institution towards the public. The museum makes a commitment to the public that the staffs are working in ethical practice through this policy.

4.       Collections Management Policy

It emphasizes the collections of a museum. Museums are supposed to pay attention to its collections and put a lot of efforts to store and protect them.

5.       Emergency Preparedness

It means that museum responsible for collections and visitors because unexpected circumstances may happen. The Emergency preparedness can protect them and minimize the damage.

6.        Handbooks and Manuals

It contains policy and procedures for museums to better operate. It is useful for the future corporation of museum.

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First of all, I think the Mission and Vision Statement is the most important. Because it's the basic of the museum. It tells us the aim of the museum. It's the core of a museum.

Second, I think Institutional Strategic Plan is the second important. Museum needs to make sure all of the things they do are legal and follow the law and policy.

Third, I choose Institutional Strategic Plan. It shows us what the museum will do in the next few years. A successful museum always wants to attract more visitors. So plans for the next few years are very important.

Fourth, I choose Collections Management Policy. This tells us the information about collections. Museums are responsible to take care of their collections. Without these collections, museums are meaningless.

Fifth, I choose Emergency Preparedness. This is also very important. Museum should make sure both the collections and visitors are safe. So they need a plan to follow when something happens immediately.

Last but not the least, I choose Handbooks and Manuals. The employees in the museums should know their jobs and clearly know what they should do. Then the operations of the museum can be well performed.

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1.     I would first develop the museums mission and vision statements because those documents essentially tell everyone the fundamental purpose of the museum. Without the mission and vision statements, no one would know why they are doing what they’re doing, and who they’re serving.

2.      Next, I would develop the institutional code of ethics so that the museum can ensure that everything is done in good faith and legally.

3.     After that, I would develop the collections management policy so the museum could determine how to deal with objects and artifacts. It’s also very important that documentation is done correctly with all of the objects coming in.

4.     I would develop handbooks and manuals after this to ensure that all staff is on the same page when it comes to procedures. This would also  help to ensure that everyone is held to the same set of standards.

5.     Next I would develop the emergency preparedness documents in order to ensure that all the objects and people that are now in the museum are taken care of in case of emergency.

6.     Finally, I would develop the institutional strategic plane. I would do this one last because it takes time to see the direction that the museum will take, and much of that is dependent on the documents that come before it.

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1.    Mission and Vision Statement

I decide mission and vision statement is the most important point is because it is the basic mission and purpose of a museum. It influence the fundamental role of the museum development in the community. Everything is based on the mission statement. What’s more, vision statement focus on the future development of the museum, which seeks the long-term improvement.

2.    Collections Management Policy

I play the collections management policy in the second is that the vital role of a museum is collections. Without the excellent collections management, it is difficult for museum employees to manage and organize the objects of the museum, and ensure the security of those collections.

3.    Institutional Strategic Plan

With the success of the collections management, more audience will be attracted which means the museum has future. Therefore, based on vision statement, institutional strategic plan should be make. It makes future plan in details and ensure each step that the museum should improve.

4.    Institutional Ethics Policy

After the basic construction of the museum is completed, transparent institutional ethics policy should be built. It is important that the museum should conduct affairs and avoid conflicts in an ethical.

5.    Emergency Preparedness

Compared to other components, it is less vital to develop a museum. However, emergency preparedness is indispensable for a museum. The prevention of the emergency, the safety of the objects, the specific plan for each employee, and the response and recovery when face a emergency should be formulated.

6.    Handbooks & Manuals

The last thing should be handbooks, because it is an improvement of bettering the museum instead of building a museum. I think it’s not as essential as other components listed above. Handbooks helps staffs and volunteers clear their mission and tasks, and it gives a guideline for operating a museum.

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1.       Mission and Vision Statement

2.       Institutional Strategic Plan

3.       Institutional Ethics Policy

4.       Collections Management Policy

5.       Emergency Preparedness

6.       Handbooks & Manuals

Firstly, the Mission and Vision Statement is the most important element for a museum because it is the heart of the museum.  The mission statement states the fundamental purpose of a museum, and a vision statement is the museum’s expectation for its future operation.

Secondly, the Institutional Strategic Plan comes the next because it sets small goals for the museum in next 3 to 5 years to achieve based on the museum’s current situation. This means that the strategic plan can help the museum achieve its overall goal based on incremental improvements.

Thirdly, the Institutional Ethics Policy is essential because it shows the transparency of the institution towards the public. The museum makes a commitment to the public that the staffs are working in ethical practice through this policy.

Fourthly, the Collections Management Policy is vital because it states the information about the collections. Museums are supposed to pay attention to its collections and put a lot of efforts to store and protect them because they are an important component of museums.

Additionally, the Emergency Preparedness is also crucial because unexpected circumstances may happen at any time and museums are not only liable for the collections but also liable for the visitors. Therefore, having a clear plan beforehand can provide staffs calmer when accident happens and minimize the damage.

Lastly, the Handbooks & Manuals are also significant because it contains policy and procedures for museums to better operate although it seems ordinary. I put this in the last because I think this documents can be accomplished after all the five documents above have been completed.

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First, I would develop a Mission and Vision Statement. This mission statement is the why, how and what you are going to do, without it you would be floundering.  It is the purpose and knowing the purpose gives meaning to why you do what you do.

Then, the Institutional Strategic Plan should be developed. Once you know what your purpose is, then you can create the strategic plan, how you are going to get it done, your strategy. How do you meet the purpose and goals of the museum and communicate the big idea.

Thirdly, the Collections Management Policy should be developed. Now you know the big idea and what collections are needed for accession to meet this need. Now you have these items a step by step procedure or guideline needs to be developed and followed by everyone every time to care for these collections.

After that, you need Handbooks and Manuals to be developed for employees to follow. It is important for each employee performing a task at the museum to understand their role and how their role works in the operation of the museum.

Following the Handbooks and Manuals, the Institutional Ethics Policy needs to be developed. Now that everyone understands their roles and jobs they need to be reminded of their expectations in their roles.

Lastly, but very importantly is the development of Emergency Preparedness. This will explain who is responsible for what, how to respond should an emergency occur. Knowing everyone is responsible for the prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of an emergency.

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1. Mission and Vision Statement
2. Strategic Planning
3. Institutional Code of Ethics
4. Collections Policy
5. Disaster Preparedness
6. Handbooks and Manuals.

I believe that the mission and vision statement must come first.  All of the other documents should align with the mission and vision statements.  They state the audience and purpose of the museum.  Next, a strategic plan needs to be developed. This also allows you to examine where you are now and set realistic goals for the future. Following the strategic planning a code of ethics needs to be put into place. This will lay out how business should be done to be in compliance with the law and with your mission and vision for the museum. I don't believe that a collections policy can be created until you have a concrete mission, plan and a policy regarding ethics. By doing a collections policy after the first three you know why, what, and how you should be collecting and how the collection should be cared for. Disaster preparedness is important, but I believe that the first four documents can help get you into business while a disaster plan can help you stay in business. This will help provide staff with a plan for the collection and the museum should the unforeseen happen.  The final document on my list are the handbooks and manuals.  These are last for the simple reason that all of the previously listed documents should be included in them.

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Personally, I think the ideal order of the six core documents from the most important to the least would be:

I.         The mission and vision statement.

This document acted as the heart of museum. It’s a guide that lead the entire museum system and ensure the system are developing on the right track.

II.         Institutional code of ethics

I put this as the second most important core document because its show the right way of how to implement their goal. Run the museum ethically could align with their mission and vision statement better since a museum should serve from public interest.

III.         Strategic planning

After building a solid foundation of what is a good museum and how people should use it in the right way, people should start to think how to grow and looking toward future.

IV.         Collections policy

I think this core document should be in this order because it related with the daily operation and management. It’s crucial for all the museum to stay in organized and perform well.

V.         Disaster preparedness

Disaster preparedness is also important because it’s s backup plan that allows museum to minimize their damage when unexpected circumstances happened.

VI.         Handbooks and manuals

I put this one in the last since this document has no directly impact on the museum mission and associated with how staff use this to help others to better understand museum.

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1. Mission and Vision statement,
2. Institutional strategic planning
3. Collections management policy
4. Institutional ethics policy
5. Handbook manuals
6. Emergency Preparedness

I think the Mission and Vision statement should be first so they set the overall direction of the museum from the get-go. Next I would create the strategic plan, that helps add to the mission statement. This forms initiatives for the museum to operator under, such as fundraising.

Next I have Collections management, which I believe is essential once the the museums vision is formed to set in place conditions of collections. Next I have the Ethics policy, for setting up general museum guidelines. Following ethics, I have the Handbook manuals, which set in place guidelines for staff and employees. Finally, I close with the Emergency preparedness which talks on how they can handle disasters and unplanned events.

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I believe the Core Documents should be developed in the following order:

1. Mission Statement--the “heart of the museum,” this document is the single most important statement the museum can make. It states the fundamental purpose of the organization, and provides the basis for all decision-making and budgeting made by museum staff.

2. Strategic Plan--From its inception, an organization needs a strategic plan to develop its vision and goals, determine the steps needed to reach them, and assign responsibility. This plan implements the mission statement.

3. Institutional Code of Ethics--this one was difficult to rank. It honestly needs to be in the background of steps one and two as well, but I believe the organization needs the mission statement and strategic plan first in order to limit what elements need to be considered for the code of ethics; otherwise ethical considerations can be too broad. However, in moving from what I would call the necessary “planning” documents to what I would call “implementation” documents, I believe a code of ethics needs to underlie everything that comes after.

The three remaining documents are factual, operations-based documents which always relate back to the three above. Here, I have opted to put the document related most closely to museum objects ahead of the one related to museum staff and the one that museum staff needs to know, but they are sort of interchangeable:

4. Collections Management Plan--the document about how to handle museum objects.

5. Emergency Response Plan--I put this here, because I believe it must be in place before the last document can be adequately prepared---but it could easily be #4, as collections management must also consider emergency response.

6. Board and staff handbook--the document about how to handle museum staff (simply put).

Overall, the mission statement, strategic plan, and code of ethics are broad, vision-based documents that must be developed first in order to underlie everything the organization does. The collections management plan, board and staff handbook, and emergency response plan are more factually-based implementation documents to govern operations.

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I believe the order is

1.     The mission & vision statement

2.     Strategic planning

3.     The code of ethics

4.     The collections policies

5.     Disaster preparedness

6.     Handbooks & Manuals

I choose this order because I care more about big pictures of a museum’s development. Firstly, I believe that the mission and vision statement is the most important thing to confirm, the mission and vision statement of a museum is like a value or goal of a museum, and a museum need to confirm its goal first.

Strategic planning is the second most important thing to do, strategic planning not only include culture improvement, also include business improvement, in the other words, museum need to cooperate with local economic parts.

The code of ethics is important too, ethics is the only way to manage the employees and help managers to regulate employees’ behaviors. Code of ethics need to teach when a employee first enter the museum as a trainee

The collections policies are kind of same the ethics, but less important compare with code of ethics, because policies is kind like a punishment, which cannot insert a principle standard into employee’s mind

Disaster preparedness is less important than those, because I believe a museum rarely have disaster like fire, however, disaster preparedness is the fundamental of a museum, means that a museum need to have a clear hallway for guest to exit in case of emergency.

Handbooks and Manuals is the least important among all above, I believe it is a traditional way to introduce the museum, but now it is not necessary at all.

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I believe that the documents should be in the order of,
1. The Mission & Vision Statement
2. The Code of Ethics
3. The Collections Policies
4. Strategic Planning
5. Disaster Preparedness
6. Handbooks & Manuals

I chose this order because to me, each one felt like it perfectly had a place there. The Mission / Vision Statement is the first thing that you should see and is the most important part of any business or in this case, a museum. This is the core values / goals of the museum.
Next, I chose the code of ethics because museums are going to be laying out the ground rules after their mission statement. They want to be doing everything in an ethical way and with this code of ethics, they know exactly what is right and presumably, what is wrong.
Third, I chose the collections policies. Collections are vastly important to a museum and literally what they are made up from. Objects need to be cared for and preserved in their own careful ways and without these policies, people would not know how to preserve them correctly.
For the fourth option, I chose strategic planning. Strategic planning helps the collections run smoothly. They need to know where to go and where to be placed, right? This way, everything is laid out in its own place and having . strong backbone is what helps businesses/museums prosper. They do not need to be floundering and not knowing what to do.
Next, I chose the disaster preparedness. Disaster, although no one likes to think about them, is ultimately something that needs to be thought of in the case of a museum. Do they have a back up plan? Will their collections be safe during a powerful storm or a flood? With disaster preparedness, hopefully that is the case.
Finally, I chose the handbooks and materials. Everything needs to be thought about and collected before the handbooks are made and that is why I made it the final option. Everything needs to be done first.

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1.Mission and Vision statement

2.Institutional strategic planning

3.Institutional ethics policy

4.Collections management policy

5.Emergency Preparedness

6.Handbook manuals

The order I choose seems the best to me. Every museum operates under the mission and vision statement they create for themselves. This creates a solid foundation to start developing the direction the museum will take and help form new goals and ideas.

Strategic planning decides how the museum will function and what is needed to do it efficiently without hurting the experience of visitors. The mission and vision statement helps shape the strategic planning of the body and soul of the museum. In this process tours and exhibit ideas start to form as ways to get visitors into the museum.

The ethics policy comes next to make sure that all of the things that were developed in the planning stage are done in a moral and ethical way to show respect to the displayed items.

Collections management policy relates to the direct care of the collections and the funds that will be used to do so. Also this policy helps keep records on the collections which includes how they acquired them.

Emergency preparedness is important, but is not as import as making sure the museum has a vision, plan, and policies set in place first.

The handbook is last on my list because all of the work is already done and will be a lot easier to complete last. All the information above just needs to be compiled into the handbook.

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I believe the most important core documents in order start with:
1. Mission and Vision statement,
2. Institutional strategic planning
3. Collections management policy
4. Institutional ethics policy
5. Emergency Preparedness
6. Handbook manuals

The order I chose to me seems the most important. I know the museum has to have a mission and vision before starting any ideas or goals. Why does it want become a certain museum or and what point do they want to me. Everything needs to be based around mission and vision.
With strategic planning comes exhibitions and educational tours and other ideas. This comes next because it has to follow the idea of the mission and vision planning. It would be important to set goals how what the institution would want to accomplish.
The policies come next. Once the policies are worked on, it would be easier for the staff and volunteers to know how to keep things running. Keep the institution running smoothly and have a guideline to follow.
I place Emergency preparedness in fifth place because emergencies are less likely  happen. Though in case there is one it's better to understand what to do in such a situation.
Lastly, I put the Handbook for the reason I believe once everything else has been put together. the handbook would be easier to write. Though it is important everything else needs to be put together before a handbook is written.

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I put the core documents in the order that I would use them to build upon to make the museum successful.
Katee Bates 4/4/19

The first important document is the Mission and Vision Statement- The mission and vision statement are the heart of the museum.  This document is helps to make important decisions regarding the museum and its collections. This is a reminder of the museums mission and provided guidelines to fall all of the time.

The second important document is the Institutional Ethics Policy- I placed this item second because if the museum is following the mission and vision statement then the next thing it should be doing is putting the public’s interest first. The ethics policy should be built around the mission and vision statement. It is a supporting document that makes sure that when the museum is collecting items for the museum, they are doing things in an ethical way

The third most important document is the Institutional Strategic Plan- once you have developed the vision and mission statement, and then have developed an Ethics Policy to support that it is time to figure out where the museum is going to from here. How will the keep the items in their collections, will they have rotating exhibit’s, how will they choose those exhibit’s. The museum must plan for the future and make appropriate goals and plans to reach those goals.

The fourth important document are theHandbooks & Manuals.These documents help to support the other documents above. You cannot make a handbook or manual until you figure out why you need them. The handbooks and manuals can provide a reference for employment guidelines, what is expected of the board of directors and how to support the vision and mission statement.

The fifth important document is theCollections Management Policy. The collections management policy. If there are not any artifacts in a museum, it would not even exist. A museum needs to have a plan on how to acquire the collections, how they will take care of the artifacts, and other details that might pertain to each individual exhibit. This policy will also help to decide what will happen if something happens to the collections either the artifact or just the popularity of the collection.

The sixth most important document is the Emergency Preparedness. You never know when emergency am will come along Museums house priceless artifacts that cannot be replaced. If there is a robbery, natural disaster or just accidents museums need to be ready. The staff and board need to know that will happen next and adjust their plans accordingly. Also since you have visitors in your museum you need to have a plan on what to do if a disaster strikes while they are in the building so that they feel safe in an unsure situation.

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Melissa Trepa 4/4/19
1. The most important document for a museum is their mission and vision statement. This is because without this component no direction or guidance can be made for the rest of the decisions of a museum, without a clear understanding of why the museum exists or is operational in the first place. The mission statement is the basis of all decisions alongside the vision statement and must be at the forefront of all other decisions.
2. The code of ethics is the second most important document. This is because following an ethical code allows for a moral standing of the museum and for the integrity of the work and people functioning with one another. Without ethics, conflicts would rise that would shatter the progress and development of exhibits and exhibitions. This also helps to preserve and protect artifacts, inform the public, as well as the staff of rules and expectations of operations.
3. The collections policies should be third most important, because without collections policies there would be no operating process to determine where collections come or go in a museum, how they are treated, or how they are preserved and therefore there would be no record of how to function with collections. However collections are what make museums the most authentic possible so policies need to remain in place for their preservation and practical use.
4. Strategic planning is an essential tool used to operate the ins and outs of the museum, to seek out goals of the organization, and to remain focused on the mission and vision of the museum at hand. Having a strong, organized, and thought out strategic plan will allow for events, exhibits, and collections to run smoothly and be displayed so the goals of the museum can be fulfilled properly to complete the mission the way it was set up to be practiced to be.
5. Disaster preparedness remains a vital component to documents, because they help determine the value and preservation of collections themselves as well as protect those people who visit the museums in case of an emergency. Without the visitors or the collections many museums would cease to operate, so providing a plan for emergencies is essential to preserving and protecting as much as possible if they were to arise.
6. Finally, the final documentation of value is the handbooks and manuals. They offer a way to process the other essential documents into a usable manual or handbook to fulfill the tasks of operations within the museum and allow for everything of value to somewhere to find it.

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My list of documents (ordered from most important to least)

1. The most important document for a museum is a mission and vision statement. These two documents set the groundwork for the museum, and without them, the museum has no direction on how to be run. You cannot have the following documents without this document which outlines the goal and idea for your museum. The museum must follow the mission statement at all time.

2. The second most important document is the code of ethics. With the mission statement in mind, a museum must find a way to preserve and secure their artifacts for the future in a respectful and ethical way. The code of ethics should help the public respect and learn more about the things housed in the museum, but the code of ethics should also help keep the museum in line with the mission statement.

3. The third most important document is the collections policies. What is a museum without it’s a collection? A museum must have policies for how it’s collection is taken care of, how it is being preserved, what the collection needs to be preserved (i.e. room temperature, storage environment) and then important details about the collection itself. To follow that a museum needs to be prepared for anything that happens to it’s a collection, which leads me to #4.

4. The fourth most important document is disaster preparedness. I saw many people put this lower down on their list, but I think being prepared for disaster is one of the most important things museums can do to preserve their legacy. Unfortunately, things do happen, and because of this, museums need to be prepared, with things like insurance plans, preventative measures, and emergency response plans.

5. The fifth most important document is strategic planning. With the mission statement and code of ethics in mind, a museum has to plan what it’ll do to keep the items in its collection, receive loans from other museums/libraries/private collections/etc, and donations. A museum must plan out its goals and try to plan around that.

6.  The final document is the handbooks and manuals. While important, I believe you need all of the following above before you can make a handbook for your museum. You need to be able to compile information from the collections policy, code of ethics, strategic planning, and disaster preparedness to make a handbook that abides around the mission statement of the museum.

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My list for the ideal order of core documents. ( Ranked
from most important to least)

1. Mission and Vision Statement- I think that the mission statement is the most important of the core documents. The mission statement is “the heart of the museum”. This acts as a guide to the purpose of the entire museum. The mission and vision statement must be constantly looked at to ensure the museum is moving in the right direction.

2. Code of ethics- I think the code of ethics should be listed second when ordering core documents. This code of ethics seeks to make sure the interest of the public is placed over all else. This code also holds the museum to a higher standard by keeping it in line with the mission statement. I think this code is very important because it helps keep the museum running ethically.

3. Strategic planning- I think that the strategic planning should be next in order. This looks at the museum in its current state and sets goals for the future. I think that this is incredibly important because it ensures that the museum will grow and move forward.

4. Collections Policy- I think this policy should be listed next. The collections policy is important because it helps manage all the collections. This is crucial for the museum to stay organized and able to insure and keep all items in it under control.

5. Disaster preparedness- I believe that the disaster preparedness plan should be listed fifth. This is important to the museum because it is a set plan to enact when an emergency occurs. This is crucial to prepare for the unexpected. This document focuses on prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. All are important parts of handling unplanned situations.

6. Handbooks and Manuals- This is the final core document I would list as least important. While the handbooks and manuals are important to the function of the museum the core documents I listed first are more important in my opinion. I think that these are vital for the well being of the museum but can be listed sixth because they do not directly impact the mission of the museum.

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I think the ideal order  for museum to develop the core documents should be as follow. ( Rank from most important to least)
1) The mission and vision document . These two documents are the guiding star for all of the future museum developments. Without them, museums will not be able to correctly position themselves, and lost the meaning of "existence"
2) Strategic planing . This document helps museums "visualize" the current positions and recognize what they should do in the future span to achieve the mission and vision.  Without a concrete goal and a throughout analysis, it's impossible for museums to operate in the right direction that fulfill it's target.
3) Institutional code of Ethics. I put it in the third place with a very simple reason. If the previous two documents give museums the meaning and directions of developments, then without the ethic code, everything built will be futile.
4) Collections policy. Collections are the lifeline of museums. They are the mediums which disseminate the voices of museums to the visitors. A delicate and systematic collections policy will be crucial for any levels of museums.
5) Handbooks and manuals.  Meet problems? Don't know what to do? Feel confused about museums' policies? Don't worry, these two buddies will remind you how to solve the routine problems and help regulate the staffs to be responsible members in the museums' communities.
6) Disaster preparedness. I put this one in the last because the possibility of meeting a huge, destructive disasters at the very beginning phase of the museum development is pretty low. So, compared with other core documents, I think we can put it aside a little bit at first, and after everything settled down, this document must be raised to the top priorities and prepared with the highest caution.

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Below is the list of the core documents I think would be ideal for a museum to develop in order from most important to develop to the last and the reasons why.
1. The first and most important core document I think that should be addressed first in a museum is the mission statement and vision statement. The mission statement is essentially the heart of the museum. Every action of the museum revolves around this statement and thus is the whole embodiment of the museum. Without this foundation established, the museum wouldn't really even exist or at least operate smoothly. The vision statement involves asking questions of where a museum will see itself in the future. Such as its relationship with a community, its audience, and how it will encourage the growth of the museum. This ties into the mission statement in that it establishes the foundation of the museum and without these thoughts and visions the museum will not continue to grow and progress.
2. The second thing that would need to be established would be the strategic planning. This the setting of goals for the museum and figuring out ways to achieve those goals. I think this follows right behind the mission and vision statements because it seems to be an extension of those statements. Figuring out the goals the museum would first need to be established. Then the museum can make goals and further its operations and activities.
3. The third document that would need to be created would be the Institutional Code of Ethics. This is promoting the obligation to the mission, how to conduct affairs well, and how to resolve conflicts. I think this would be up in the top three because without a sense of established ethical and legal morals the museum couldn't truly operate as an entity promoting the good of the public. The establishment could become caught up in its own selfish needs if a Code of Ethics isn't established and followed.
4. The next document to be established in my opinion would be the collections policy. This is how a museum manages its collection. This would involve factors such as deaccessioning, loans, collections access, care of collections, and other aspects. Without establishing this core document, a museum wouldn't be organized enough to function as a museum. Without the management of the collection, the collection itself could be in danger of damage and other factors such as even being lost.
5. The fifth core document would be the disaster preparedness. This involves preparedness, prevention, response, and recovery when dealing with a disaster or emergency. I think this needs to be established in a museum or else the museum could lose its business in the future due to the lack of organization and preparedness if a natural disaster or any kind of disaster occurs. Artifacts and other items could be lost in a disaster all because a museum didn't establish and keep up on its disaster preparedness. Without this, the museum makes itself more vulnerable to unknowing future events.
6. The last core document I think a museum would establish would be its handbooks and manuals. These involve board, staff and volunteer, and museum operations manuals. These items are important but I think its much better to establish the foundations of a museum first such as the mission and vision statements, strategic plans, and other items listed above and then move the outlines of a museum such as duties of the board, how a shift is run, or even the dress code. These aspects are important but I like to think of them as the icing on the cake of a museum.