Museum & Public Art Services
Burke & Co. provides collections management, registration, and project-based consulting services for museums, municipalities, cultural organizations, and public art programs. Drawing on extensive museum and collections experience, services can support individual projects, exhibitions, collection initiatives, or ongoing stewardship needs.
Collections Management & Registration
Professional support for museum and public art collections, including cataloging, documentation, accessioning, location tracking, inventories, loans, condition reporting, and collections records.Public Art Collection Management
Ongoing stewardship of municipal and institutional public art collections, including inventory and documentation, condition monitoring, maintenance planning, conservation coordination, artist communication, and collection database management.Collection Inventories & Condition Surveys
Onsite documentation and assessment of collections to establish accurate inventories, identify condition concerns, prioritize maintenance or conservation needs, and support long-term collection planning.Conservation & Maintenance Planning
Development of maintenance priorities and treatment recommendations, including coordination with conservators, artists, fabricators, engineers, and other specialists as appropriate.Exhibition Registration & Project Management
Registrar and collections support for temporary, traveling, and permanent exhibitions, including loan administration, lender communication, insurance, shipping, packing, condition reporting, installation, and deinstallation.Art Transportation & Courier Services
Coordination and oversight of fine art transportation, packing, crating, handling, and installation, including courier services for museum loans and traveling exhibitions.Collections Database Development & Management
Development, migration, cleanup, and standardization of museum and public art collection databases, including documentation procedures, data standards, and staff training.Collections Policies, Procedures & Planning
Development and review of collections management policies, registration procedures, numbering systems, documentation standards, emergency plans, and other resources supporting professional collection stewardship.Public Art Policies & Program Support
Consultation for municipal and institutional public art programs, including collection policies, artist and project documentation, maintenance protocols, accession and deaccession procedures, and long-term stewardship planning.Public Art Appraisal & Valuation
Appraisal of public artworks for insurance, collection management, and other appropriate purposes, including consideration of artist markets, fabrication and material costs, engineering, transportation, installation, and other factors relevant to replacement.Interpretive & Collection Research
Research into artists, artworks, collection history, provenance, and institutional records to support exhibitions, publications, interpretive materials, collection documentation, and public engagement.Exhibition Development & Curatorial Support
Development of temporary and permanent exhibitions from initial concept through installation, including exhibition research, object selection, lender identification and coordination, interpretive planning, label and exhibition text development, budgeting, scheduling, and coordination with designers, preparators, registrars, and other project partners.
Our services are grounded in museum best practices, ensuring collections are properly documented, preserved, and managed in accordance with professional standards. We help institutions of all sizes achieve their goals, whether improving daily collections care, planning for accreditation, or navigating complex storage or deaccessioning projects.