In my mind they were artifacts until the museum decided to exhibit them.
In April 1964 the museum decided to dispose of it.
Several years later, the museum decided to establish its own database.
The museum even considered going out of business, but decided that did not make sense.
Instead of lecturing, the museum decided to get children involved in doing.
At the time, the museum also unilaterally decided to return 26 of the objects.
But the museum decided to go ahead with the show, and that was a smart idea.
The museum decided that the only way to raise money quickly was to sell a work from its collection, as it has before.
Finally, the museum decided to bring more order to the place.
The museum decided to hold onto the rest of the collection, waiting for the market to mature.