Where would one go to explore these and other closely related current problems: How should museums and archives work? Should they save everything? Who should have access to what and when?

Answer 1

You can start with these sites.

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/id.3393,y.0,no.,content.true,page.1,css.print/issue.aspx

http://www.nps.gov/archeology/collections/field_pr.htm

Your college library may have a lot of information. But this is a highly controversial subject. How much should be placed in museums? How can they store it all? How much should be in the hands of private collectors?

I don't feel I violated any ethics by buying two small pieces of plain mosaics that may have come from a Roman street over 1500 years ago.

Answer 2

The first one of those two links provided a workable angle of which I had not previously thought. Grateful thanks be to you, for you are a life saver! Sorry about sounding a little overly elogious, but I am appreciative nontheless!