Acquisition Date field

The Acquisition Date field records the date on which an object was legally or officially acquired.

Field details

Field type

Date field

Field location

Object - Acquisition, Provenance & Rights window - Acquisition tab

Internal field name

ACQ_DATE

Searching on this field

Select Acquisition Date in Advanced Search or use a Select Statement.

Reporting on this field

Select Acquisition Date in Reporting.

You can sort on this field. The earliest date will be used for sorting.

Note: Acquisition Date may or may not be the same as the arrival, cataloguing, or accessioning dates.