Template:Generate MET Artwork as GWToolset/estimateCollectionYearFromAccessionNumber

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Usage edit

{{Generate MET Artwork as GWToolset/estimateCollectionYearFromAccessionNumber
 | 1    = <Accession Number>
}}

Example edit

  • {{Generate MET Artwork as GWToolset/estimateCollectionYearFromAccessionNumber |1998.121}}  ⇒  1998
  • {{Generate MET Artwork as GWToolset/estimateCollectionYearFromAccessionNumber |98.121}}   ⇒  1898

References edit

  • Bre Pettis (2012-05-30). Met Accession Numbers. makerbot.com. Brooklyn, NYC: MakerBot Industries, LLC.
    "​The Metropolitan Museum of Art assigns a unique accession number to each object it acquires. The first two or four digits of an accession number refer to the year that the object became part of the Metropolitan’s collection. The Museum was founded in 1870 and for the first 100 years of its existence two digits were used. Thus, the first item accessioned into the Museum has the number 70.1 because it was accessioned in 1870. ",
    "​In 1970, a century after the Museum’s founding, the style of accession numbers changed. It became necessary to differentiate the accessions of the Museum’s second century from those of the first. For example, the accession number for Vincent van Gogh’s Shoes is 1992.374. This painting was acquired by the Museum in 1992. "

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