The Augustan Society, Inc., has had as part of its mission the construction and maintenance of a museum'''Museum'''. The related web page is In 2015 it was decided to drop the word "museum" from the [http://augustansociety.org/cpage.php?pt=79 here[Mission Statement]].At this time, the museum project has been changed to perform the following tasks:
The Museum Department is lead by * Identify items of no worth to be discarded.* Identify items of some worth, but no relevance, which will be sold, donated, or discarded.* Identify items that were the personal property of the [[CuratorFounder]] who is appointed by and serves , which will be delivered to his heir (or possibly sold at her direction).* Ship the philatelic collection to the pleasure Coordinator of the Philatelic Study Group, once named. Should that group remain dormant, careful review needs to be conducted before sale or retention is decided upon.* Ship the photograph collection to the Coordinator of the Photograph Identification Study Group for identification.* Identify items that speak to the history of the Society or individual members, which will be retained.* Identify items that will be useful to furnish or decorate a [[PresidentHeadquarters]], save which will be retained.* Identify items that it is presently assigned will be useful to furnish or decorate the [[ConsulsChapel of the Rose]] by their , whose ultimate disposition will be at the discretion of the [[ContractSuperintendent of the Chapel]], and move them to a separate storage unit when possible.
The museum collection includes On any given item (or appears to includeand all of the Chapel items):, Headquarters Staff may send photos and descriptions to others for their opinions, which they are not obliged to honor, with the exception of retention decisions made by the Superintendent of the Chapel, which will be retained at the expense of the [[Noble Company of the Rose]].
*'''Stamp Collection''' — Thanks to several donations, our philatelic holdings are substantial. It is hoped that once these donations are merged that we will be able to sell off As the review reduced the duplicates to fund purchases of missing items. Target collections include a comprehensive collection plus topical collections volume on heraldrymaterial substantially, royaltyit was relocated into a smaller storage unit, castles, and perhaps others. Note that some of the collection may belong with Rose items moved to our [[Founder]], and his heir may properly lay claim a different unit (but not yet one exclusive to them. <!-- Stamps reproduced in color must be smaller than 75% or larger than 150% of the originalthat group).-->
*'''Coin Collection''' — Though much smaller than the stamp collection, the Society's numismatic collection ranges from Roman (and older) coins and reproductions to the modern age. Topical collections include royalty and heraldry, with other topics possible.
*'''Paintings and Prints''' — More paintings and prints have been donated that could ever be fitted onto the walls of our Headquarters. These include a large collection of heraldic achievements, portraits of past Chairmen of the Society, and a few historic works. All are in need of careful conservation and eventual display.----
*'''Native American Collection''' — The efforts of the First Peoples Committee have generated a number of original and reproduction items that illuminate the cultures of the first peoples of the Americas. This collection is under the nominal direction of the Chairman of the First Peoples Committee.
*Other material that does not fit into the above categories, including a life-sized marble statue of Augustus, a reproduction coat of armor, and some eight-foot panels pained with Egyptian designs by the Founder. One would not be surprised to find personal items formerly belonging to our Founder that deserve to be repatriated to his heir.
At present, the museum collection is in storage. It will be necessary to conduct a survey of the collection and weed out inappropriate material, which appears to form half the collection at first glance. It has been proposed that an estate disposition firm be engaged to remove and monetize those items not returned to our Founder's heir or retained.
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