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ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums
The cornerstone of ICOM is its ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums. It sets minimum standards of professional practice and performance for museums and their staff. In joining the organisation, ICOM members undertake to abide by this Code.
ICMS Executive Board 2019-2022
These are the Board members
Chairperson:
Secretary:
Ordinary board members
Welcome to the ICMS website!
The International Committee for Museum Security ICMS was founded by the 10th General Assembly of ICOM on June 1974 in Kobenhavn, Denmark. It has been playing a leading role in activities throughout its many years of meetings. Its Rules have changed to conform with the Model Rules of ICOM, dated 1991, declaring ICMS original and unchanging aims:
- to support the aims and objectives of ICOM, particularly with the reference to museum security;
- to formulate and carry out a program of activities related to museum security;
- to provide a forum for communication, co-operation and exchange of information between museums, professional museum workers and others concerned with museum security;
- to provide advice to ICOM on museum security and be a source of professional expertise to assist in the implementation of ICOM's program;
- to represent the interests of museum security within ICOM;
- to cooperate with the National Committees and Affiliated Organisations of ICOM in matters related to the Committees specific mandate and to the broader interests of ICOM
Calendar
Katowice, Poland - POSTPONED
ICMS: Annual Conference 2020
We’re sorry to announce that our annual conference 2020, scheduled to take place in beautiful surroundings in Poland, has had to be cancelled.
We will work with our amazing partners: Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Muzeum Śląskie in Katowice and Narodowy Instytut Muzealnictwa i Ochrony Zbiorów to produce a fantastic conference for 2021.
Announcements
On 15 September 2020, news reached the ICMS Board that respected and beloved ICMS member Rinus Vonhof had passed away due to cancer on 14 September 2020.
Rinus was an icon of the Dutch Cultural Heritage Sector, spending most of his professional life as the Managing Director of the Kroller Muller Museum. Internationally, Rinus was well known for his travelling exhibitions, mostly featuring the works of Van Gogh.
ICMS members throughout the world will recall inspiring evenings with Rinus, at the ICMS summit in Boston (2017), he shared the path that lay before him with ICMS members, it was an illustrative act for the way he lived his life.
We will miss him dearly.
Latest Publications
Safe Museums, Safe Collections
A Selection of Articles by Piotr Ogrodzki
(English and Polish Versions)
click here to download the pdf
This is the new ICMS Board:
ICMS launch for Social Media
ICMS has launched an ambitious new Social Media strategy. Click on the links to follow us on Facebook and Twitter where you can hear more about important news and events relating to international museum security.
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To all ICMS members!
Please check if your personal contact data which you have announced to ICOM are up-to-date and/or complete. It becomes difficult to stay in touch with all members if there is no email address or wrong contact details. Please check your data with your ICOM National Committee!
Thank you for your collaboration!