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to accession

to accession

9.0
To record an item as part of a museum or library collection
  • verb
  • /ækˈsɛʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : incorporar a la colección
  • The figure was accessioned by the British Museum in 1925.

Examples

  • Accessioned 1844.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Carstensen Collection, accessioned in 1847, National Museum of Denmark.

    Academic text (2006)
  • We would either accession properly catalog it, put it in storage, or we probably wouldn't take it.

  • The greater number of women and minority officers accessioned after 1970 are only now becoming eligible for retirement.

    Academic text (1994)
  • So we we have the same kind of red area there and we do not provide direct capture from mail servers as part of our accessioning activities.

  • A textile in the Carstensen collection accessioned in 1844 is an example of this presumed intermediate step (Fig. 15).

    Academic text (2006)
  • Twenty-five beaded pieces were accessioned from this source, including several rare textiles embellished with beads and beaded edgings.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Along with specimens for the departments of biology, botany, geology, and zoology, the Zulu artifacts represented the first objects accessioned into the new Department of Anthropology.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Although no objects from that trip were accessioned into the anthropology department, Elliot became an invaluable source to the zoologist and taxidermist Carl E. Akeley when he planned his 1905-1906 expedition to Kenya, then British East Africa.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The museum accessioned the ancient artifact last week, adding it to their permanent collection.

Antonyms

106 2.0

Taking something or someone away from a place

9.9

To remove an item from a museum or library collection and sell it to raise money for new items

How Official

to register
603 2.8
to accession
  • Specialized
9.0
to archive
30 3.9

Surface Forms

accession infinitive
accessions infinitive
accessioned past participle
accessioning present participle

Morphology

accession = access (semi-transparent) = ac + cess + ion

The transformation from 'access' to 'accession' involves a shift from a general entry to a formal addition, which may not be immediately clear.

Etymology

The verb accession comes from Latin accedere meaning 'to come into', so to accession an item is to record it as 'coming into' the collection and make it official.