'''Acquisitions''' are objects obtained by a museum. Not all acquisitions need to be cataloged. Any acquisition that the museum intends on adding to their permanent collection and cataloging needs to be accessioned.
'''Accessioning''' is the formal process of adding a acquisition to the museum's permanent collection. To learn about what what distinguishes the two see our blogpost [https://www.catalogit.app/post/acquisition-v-accession Acquisition v. Accession.] Also see our [https://support.catalogit.app/index.php/CatalogIt_Basics#Accessioning:~:text=upper%20right%20corner.-,Accessioning,-%5Bedit%5D CatalogIt Basics on Accessioning.]
=== Acquisition Related Articles ===
* [https://www.catalogit.app/masterit/accessioning-museum-collections Accessioning Museum Collections]