(1) Twenty Questions to Ask an Object

(2) Professor Sugata Ray's Powerpoint slidedeck

You might also find these links useful:

Video from AHA: Twenty Years, Twenty Questions to Ask an Object:
https://youtu.be/mPSeQF3OF1Q

Collections portal for the Hearst Museum:
https://webapps.cspace.berkeley.edu/pahma/search/search/

Collections portal at the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History at the Met:
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/

Google Arts and Culture home page:
https://artsandculture.google.com/

Sotheby's home page:
http://www.sothebys.com/en.html

Christie's home page:
https://www.christies.com/

Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt (for a great modern supply chain story):
https://apps.npr.org/tshirt/#/title

9-179209-5424
9-12123
18-1710a-d
9-11966

You can find the records for these objects by going to the Hearst Collections Portal, typing the number into the "Museum Number" field, and pressing "Full" to see the entire record including images, catalog card, etc.