DONATIONS - Simpsons

Simpsons SolicitorsTelephone: (61 2) 9247 3473 Suite 1202 Facsimile: (61 2) 9247 3442135 Macquarie NSW 2000 AustraliaDONATIONSThis is a short paper summarising the legal issues around accepting DONATIONS for your museum orgallery. It includes a sample Deed of gift in a proper form for accepting museums are brought into existence by a generous collector who has decidedto give his or her collection to the community. Many more are able to enhance theircollections thanks to DONATIONS . At a time in which acquisition funds are limited,many museums have to develop their donor programs if their collections are togrow in size and spite of the importance of DONATIONS , many administrators do not go about theacceptance of DONATIONS in a legally safe manner. There are three matters whichshould be considered:(a)the power to accept DONATIONS ;(b) the means used to secure legal ownership of the material.(c) whether the museum really wants the gift.

© Simpsons Solicitors Telephone: (61 2) 9247 3473 Suite 1202 Facsimile: (61 2) 9247 3442 135 Macquarie Street info@simpsons. com.au Sydney NSW 2000

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