Issue - meetings

Policy for the Ethical Care of Human Remains

 

 

Meeting: 16/06/2009 - Executive (Item 64)

64 Policy for the Ethical Care of Human Remains at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) pdf icon PDF 76 KB

To consider the report of the Head of Leisure and Museums.

 

Scrutiny Committee – Community considered the report at their meeting on 2 June 2009 and their comments will be reported.

 

(Report circulated)

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Head of Leisure and Museums submitted the report, proposing a policy for the ethical care of human remains in the museum collection, in the form of an annexe to the Acquisitions and Disposals Policy 2005-2010.

 

Scrutiny Committee – Community considered the report at their meeting on 2 June 2009 and the support and comments of members were noted. Executive members welcomed the policy.

 

Executive resolved to adopt the Policy for the Ethical Care of Human Remains as an annexe to the overall Acquisition and Disposal Policy.

 

 

Minutes:

The Head of Leisure and Museums submitted the report, proposing a policy for the ethical care of human remains in the museum collection, in the form of an annexe to the Acquisitions and Disposals Policy 2005-2010.

 

Scrutiny Committee – Community considered the report at their meeting on 2 June 2009 and the support and comments of members were noted. Executive members welcomed the policy.

 

RESOLVED that Executive adopt the Policy for the Ethical Care of Human Remains as an annexe to the overall Acquisition and Disposal Policy.

 

(Report circulated)

 

Meeting: 02/06/2009 - Scrutiny Committee - Community (Item 37)

37 Policy for the Ethical Care of Human Remains at RAMM pdf icon PDF 76 KB

To consider the report of the Head of Leisure and Museums – report circulated

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Head of Leisure and Museums presented the report proposing a policy for the ethical care of human remains in the museum collection in the form of an annexe to the Acquisitions and Disposals Policy 2005-2010.

 

In response to a question, he said that he was not aware of any imminent requests for further repatriation of objects.

 

Scrutiny Committee - Community supported the report and requested Executive to adopt the Policy for the Ethical Care of Human Remains as set out in the report as an annexe to the overall Acquisition and Disposal Policy.

 

(Report circulated)