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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.
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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
ICMS annual conference has been held from 16th to 19th September 2018. The theme was ‘Disaster planning’.
The conference venue was Nairobi,
National Museum.
The meeting was open to ICOM members worldwide.
01 - 07 September 2019
ICMS 44th annual meeting
in Kyoto, Japan
in conjunction with the
25th ICOM General Conference
Museums as cultural hubs:
The Future of Tradition
Elections for the next ICMS Executive Board
For the next elections of the ICMS board please nominate candidates or apply yourself:
Description of a board membership
A new book has been published which contains a special chapter "Natural history museum security" (section 1, chapter 3), written by the ICMS member Hanna Pennock.
You can find the book via this link (click on the picture):
ICMS newsletter no. 2/2018KNK Germany (Konferenz Nationaler Kultureinrichtungen) has published online an English issue of the project
SiLK-Guideline for the protection of cultural property
which is useful, especially for smaller museums without specialized security staff to find suitable measures for enhancing the security in their museums.