A management information system (MIS) is applied to a medium sized general museum to reflect the actual curatorial/registration functions. The recordkeeping functions of loan and conservation activities are examined since they too can be effectively handled by computer and constitute a complementary data base to the accession/catalog information. Museum master files for accession, loan, conservation, and master catalog files; and appendices which include accession, loan, and conservation file data categories, sample forms, and selected references, are also included. (Author/MBR)