Curating Human Remains

Myra Giesen

The difficult and sensitive issue of how museums and other repositories should treat human remains in their possession is here addressed through a number of important case studies.

Introduction: Human Remains Curation in the United Kingdom - Myra GiesenInternational Perspectives towards Human Remains Curation - Myra Giesen and Liz WhiteDealings with the Dead: A Personal Consideration of the Ongoing Human Remains Debate - Hedley SwainCare, Custody and Display of Human Remains: Legal and Ethical Obligations - Charlotte WoodheadThe Impact and Effectiveness of the Human Tissue Act 2004 and the Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums in England - Liz WhiteDead and Forgotten?: Some Observations on Human Remains Documentation in the UK - Myra Giesen and Kirsty McCarrison and Victoria ParkTethering Time and Tide? Human Remains Guidance and Legislation for Scottish Museums - Jennifer SharpTethering Time and Tide? Human Remains Guidance and Legislation for Scottish Museums - Mark A. HallThe Quick and the Deid: A Scottish Perspective on Caring for Human Remains at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery - Mark A. HallMuseum of London: An Overview of Policies and Practice - Rebecca Redfern and Jelena BekvalacCurating Human Remains in a Regional Museum: Policy and Practice at the Great North Museum: Hancock - Gillian ScottCuration of Human Remains at St Peter's Church, Barton-Upon-Humber, England - Simon MaysArchaeological Human Remains and Laboratories: Attaining Acceptable Standards for Curating Skeletal Remains for Teaching and Research - Charlotte Roberts'No Room at the Inn' ... Contract Archaeology and the Storage of Human Remains - Jacqueline McKinleyChanges in Policy for Excavating Human Remains in England and Wales - Michael G Parker Pearson and Mike Pitts and Duncan SayerConclusions and Ways Forward - Margaret CleggAppendix I:DCMS Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in MuseumAppendix II: MGS Guidelines for the Care of Human Remains in Scottish Museum Collections