{"id":5532,"date":"2019-03-08T11:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migrate1.artrights.me\/la-figura-del-registrar\/"},"modified":"2021-04-21T14:51:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T14:51:24","slug":"the-registrar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artrights.davidebaldi.com\/en\/the-registrar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Registrar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discover its importance<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Museums, public and private institutions that operate within the art world, have in their staff well-defined professionals that are involved in organizing an exhibition and in managing their own collection.<\/h2>\n

Among these the Registrar is of crucial importance, being a multidisciplinary professional at the service of all phases of artworks handling, during the loan both in and out…<\/h2>\n

Since the 1950s, in the United States, the the Registrar has a well-defined role and is present in museums and institutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since 1978 the American Registrars, in fact, have gathered in a Professional Committee (Registrar’s Committee)<\/strong>, recognized by the ‘American Associations of Museums (AAM)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Same goes for Britain, where this figure was born in the early’ 70s, then finding space in the museums of France, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Spain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In Italy<\/strong>, the figure of the Registrar was formalized with a decree of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities in 2001<\/strong>, and is defined as “the one who creates, documents and organizes all the documents related to the loan of a work of art”.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the Registrar dealing with?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

His duties vary according to the size of the institution and its internal organization,<\/strong> but generally deals with everything related to the “handling<\/strong>” of works of art, specifically:<\/p>\n