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 collection includes (* Identify items of no worth to be discarded.* Identify items of some worth, but no relevance, which will be sold, donated, or appears discarded.* Identify items that were the personal property of the [[Founder]], which will be delivered to includehis heir (or possibly sold at her direction):.* Ship the philatelic collection to the 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 [[Headquarters]], which will be retained.* Identify items that will be useful to furnish or decorate the [[Chapel of the Rose]], whose ultimate disposition will be at the discretion of the [[Superintendent of the Chapel]], and move them to a separate storage unit when possible.
*'''Stamp Collection''' — Thanks On any given item (and all of the Chapel items), Headquarters Staff may send photos and descriptions to several donationsothers for their opinions, our philatelic holdings which they are substantial. It is hoped that once these donations are merged that we will be able not obliged to sell off honor, with the duplicates to fund purchases exception of missing items. Target collections include a comprehensive collection plus topical collections on heraldryretention decisions made by the Superintendent of the Chapel, royalty, castles, and perhaps otherswhich will be retained at the expense of the [[Noble Company of the Rose]].
*'''Coin Collection''' — Though much smaller than As the stamp collection, review reduced the Society's numismatic collection ranges from Roman (and older) coins and reproductions to the modern age. Topical collections include royalty and heraldryvolume on material substantially, it was relocated into a smaller storage unit, with other topics possibleRose items moved to a different unit (but not yet one exclusive to that group).
*'''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, who is expected to be involved in the first review of the collection.
At present, our museum collection is in storage. We plan to conduct a survey of the collection in Spring of 2015 and begin weeding out inappropriate material, which appears to form half the collection at first glance. I 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.
There is at present no Museum Director. One would hope this post could be filled, and that person appoint several curators or subject experts, and an exhibit designer and builder. A person to coordinate travelling exhibits would permit our collection to begin its educational activities even before a headquarters facility is had.
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