Document before movement
Record identifiers, condition, location, scale, packaging, labels, and surroundings.
BEN FRANKLINPRIVATE SECURITY FORCECULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION
Secure ReportConfidential submissionBEN FRANKLINPRIVATE SECURITY FORCECULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION
Secure ReportConfidential submissionCultural-property recovery is not complete when an object changes hands. Condition, context, packaging, custody, access, transport, and final disposition must be documented.
The precise sequence is adapted to material, condition, environment, legal authority, and the receiving institution.
Record identifiers, condition, location, scale, packaging, labels, and surroundings.
Identify instability, contamination, active deterioration, prior repair, and handling constraints.
Use compatible materials, supports, barriers, labels, and tamper-evident controls.
Document every transfer, handler, timestamp, location, condition, and authorization.
Confirm the receiving party, location, condition, documents, and continuing obligations.
Object records and digital files should be organized so that a court, agency, institution, or specialist can independently understand the case history.
Dimensions, materials, markings, inscriptions, condition, damage, repairs, and conservation concerns.
Original filenames, generated identifiers, timestamps, MIME types, file sizes, cryptographic hashes, and access history.
Handlers, locations, packaging, seal numbers, transfer authority, receipts, and condition at each handoff.
Acquisition records, export permits, correspondence, inventories, court orders, and agency documentation.
Emergency stabilization and transport preparation must remain within the competence of assigned specialists. Treatment, restoration, deaccession, sampling, or cleaning requires appropriate institutional and professional authority.
The handling record should disclose what was observed, what was done, by whom, under whose authority, and with what materials.