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'''Deaccessioning''' is the process by which a work of art or other object is permanently removed from a [[Collection (artwork)|museum's collection]] to sell it or otherwise dispose of it.<ref name=":0">Report from the AAMD Task Force on Deaccessioning. 2010. ''AAMD Policy on Deaccessioning''. The Association of American Museum Directors, June 9, 2010. Retrieved from {{cite web |url=https://aamd.org/sites/default/files/document/AAMD%20Policy%20on%20Deaccessioning%20website.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 1, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803191723/https://aamd.org/sites/default/files/document/AAMD%20Policy%20on%20Deaccessioning%20website.pdf |archive-date=August 3, 2014 }} Accessed November 14, 2015.
</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deaccession|title=Definition of DEACCESSION}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/08/11/339532879/as-museums-try-to-make-ends-meet-deaccession-is-the-art-worlds-dirty-word|title=As Museums Try to Make Ends Meet, 'Deaccession' is the Art World's Dirty Word|newspaper=NPR.org}}</ref>
==Deaccession policy==
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==Views on deaccessioning==
Deaccessioning is a controversial topic and activity, with diverging opinions from artists, arts professionals and the general public.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Museums Draw Scrutiny When They Sell Artworks|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/arts/design/27sell.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = January 26, 2011|access-date = December 12, 2015|issn = 0362-4331|first = Robin|last = Pogrebin}}</ref> Some commentators, such as Donn Zaretsky of The Art Law Blog critique the notion of "the public trust" and argue that deaccessioning rules should probably be thrown out altogether.<ref>{{Cite web|title = AAMD Rules Need to be Deaccessioned – News – Art in America|url = http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/aamd-rules-need-to-be-deaccessioned/|website = www.artinamericamagazine.com|date = March 26, 2009|access-date = December 12, 2015}}</ref> Others, such as Susan Taylor, director of the New Orleans Museum of Art and the AAMD's current president, believes that proceeds from the sale or funds from the deaccession can only be used to buy other works of art.<ref>{{Cite
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