In Prague, on 24 August 2022, the Extraordinary General Assembly of ICOM has approved the proposal for the new museum definition with 92,41% (For: 487, Against: 23, Abstention: 17).

Aiming to respond to the need for a democratic and open process of consultation to the National Committees, International Committees, Regional Alliances and Affiliated Organisations that constitute ICOM, the Standing Committee for the Museum Definition formulated a new methodology going forward. The design of this methodology is based on greater transparency, as well as the careful listening to all proposals.

More information here.

Following the adoption, the new ICOM museum definition is:

English

 

French

 

Spanish

 

The official translation of the Museum Definition in Greek will be announced soon.

The Hellenic National Committee of ICOM cooperates for this purpose with the Museology Lab, Dept. of Archives, Library Science and Museology, Faculty of Information Science and Informatics, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece as well as  the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting of the Ionian University.

 

The Board of the Hellenic National Committee of ICOM