Icom

Icom adopts revised Code of Ethics for Museums

International framework sets out five core principles

Global research to explore museums’ use of AI

Unesco and Icom join forces to gather examples, evidence and data

Blue Shield warns of potential ‘war crimes’ against Iran’s cultural sites

International museum and heritage bodies urge protection of cultural heritage across Gulf region

Icom and Interpol launch initiative to combat cultural theft and trafficking

Museum community agrees to strengthen global action against heritage crime at triennial Icom conference

Icom members approve new museum definition

Vote comes three years after previous proposal was rejected due to ideological divisions

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Vox pop | How would you define a museum?

Three museum professionals respond to our question

Icom museum definition plan moves forward

Organisation will vote on proposal in August

Icom publishes two proposed museum definitions

International body unveils new wording three years after first proposal led to ideological rift

University museums ‘should reconsider holding certain items’

New restitution guidance says circumstances in which some objects were acquired are unacceptable

Ideological rift persists as Icom restarts museum definition consultation

‘Warfare’ between reformers and conservatives has not subsided since Kyoto conference

Voxpop: What should stay or go in Icom’s proposed museum definition?

The International Council of Museums (Icom) has restarted the process of finding a new museum definition after disagreement over the wording of its previous proposal. At the council’s Extraordinary General Meeting in Kyoto last September, the national and international committees agreed to postpone a vote on the new definition until a consensus could be found. …

Definitions are dynamic, not static

The controversy over how we should define a museum goes back years