| Deaccession: | (1) an object that has been removed permanently from the museum collection; (2) formal removal of accessioned objects from the muse urn's permanent collection. Objects removed from the unaccessioned collections of the museum are not considered deaccessions, but need to go through a formal removal process. See also: disposal. |
| Deed of gift: | A contract that transfers Ownership of an object or objects from a donor to an institution. It should include all conditions of the gift |
| Depth of field: | Zone from the points closest to the camera to the points farthest from the camera that are in acceptable focus. |
| Desiccation: | Complete drying out; removal of all moisture. |
| Disposal: | The act of physically removing object/s from a museum collection. See also: deaccession. |
| Dolly: | A low, two- or four-wheeled flat cart or platform used to move objects. |
| Domestic shipment: | The shipment of objects within one country (Nauert 1979). |
| Doub1e-crating: | One box or case inside another with cushioning between. |
| Emulsion: | (1) A. suspension of small globules of one liquid in a second liquid with which the first will not mix; (2) a photosensitive coating, usually of silver halide grains in a thin gelatin layer, on photographic film, paper; or glass. |
| Endangered species: | Any Species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range other than a species of the class Insecta determined by the secretary of interior; commerce, or agriculture to constitute a pest whose protection under tile provisions of this act would present an overwhelming and overriding risk to man. A species of wildlife and plants listed as "endangered" pursuant to specific act. (e.g., Endangered Species Act, CITES) |
| Endorsement: | In insurance, a form attached to the basic insurance contract that alters certain provisions in the policy (Gallery Association of New York State 1985). |
| Ephemera: | Plural of ephemeron. Usually refers to paper objects that are intended to last only a short time. |
| Expired loans: | Loans of limited duration for which the termination dates have passed. |
| Export: | To depart from, to send from, to ship from, or to carry out of, or attempt to depart from, send from, ship from, or carry out of, or to consign to a carrier in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States with an intended destination of any place not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. |
| Export license: | Permission, usually granted by a governmental agency, to ship a native cultural object out of the country (Nauert 19 7~. |
| Export shipment: | The shipment of an object or a group of objects out of the country (Nauert 1979). |
| Extended loan: | An object loaned to a museum for long-term, sometimes indefinite, use. In terms of record keeping, extended loans are often treated as a part of the permanent collection. |
| Fish or wildlife: | Any member of the animal kingdom, alive or dead, including without limitation any mammal, fish, bird (including any migratory, nonmigratory, or endangered bird for which protection is also afforded by treaty or other international agreement), amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, coelenterate, or other invertebrate, whether or not bred, hatched, or born in captivity, and including any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, or the dead body or parts thereof. |
| f-stop: | Numerical indication of how large a lens opening (aperture) is. The larger the f-stop number, the smaller the opening; for example, f/16 represents a smaller aperture than f/2. |
| Flat-pack: | Museum objects packed horizontally and separated by material (e.g., cardboard, Fome-cor). Generally has foam padding on sides, top and bottom of crate. |
| Foam core: | Layer of plastic foam laminated on the outside by paper based material. (Rose and de Torres 1992). |
| Follow car: | A vehicle carrying an escort and sometimes a courier that follows the van(s) containing the objects. An escort should not be the driver |
| Fractional gift: | A donation of an object or collection of objects to which the museum does not receive full title. Partial gifts are of two kinds. A fractional interest gift is one in which the museum is given a present fractional interest and the donor retains the remaining fractional interest In these cases the museum is entitled to possession of the object for that portion of each calendar year equal to its fractional interest in the property (Nauert 1979. |
| Friable: | Readily crumbled. |