"What Do You Mean the Museum Went Bankrupt?": Lending Artifacts to Outside Institutions

Archives regularly lend material to other institutions for exhibition. Lending items promotes the collection and expands the reach of the lending archives. Loans are usually beneficial to both parties. This case study describes what happened when the Ohio State University Archives loaned artifacts to a museum that subsequently declared bankruptcy. It recounts lessons learned during and after the process to advise archives that lend material.