Audit reveals weaknesses in Canadian museum conservation practices, reports 800 pieces missing
More than 800 items have gone missing from the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum, according to a report from the office of federal Auditor-General Karen Hogan.
The audit also found that the corporation’s leadership didn’t regularly and systematically review the museums’ methods of preventing unauthorized people from accessing their collections. The last review at the war museum was in 2005, and the last one at the history museum was in 2021. The audit’s objective, according to the report, was to determine whether systems and practices at the museums were providing reasonable assurance that the institutions’ assets were being safeguarded and controlled, their resources managed economically and efficiently, and their operations carried out effectively.
“The Museums take the preservation, conservation and maintenance of the collections in their care very seriously, and work to ensure that best practices are followed,” Ms. Mingay said.
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