PUB L
I CA TI ONSICOMPublications
ICOM’s publications contribute to the developmentof expertise and knowledge in the museum field.
They include an international peer-reviewed journal,
Museum International, monographs and reference
tools for museum practitioners. ICOM is proud topartner with distinguished publishers to carry out
these projects. ICOM members can access thesepublications either free of charge or at a discounted
rate, and are encouraged to participate in their development by answering calls for papers for the journal
Museum International and other publications.
ICOM’s committees also regularly publish journals, books, e-newsletters and more, which are notpresented in this leaflet but are an integral part of
ICOM’s publications. For details, you can consult
our publications database at http://icom.museum/
resources/publications-database.
The ICOM Publications Department can assist its
members with their publishing processes. Proposals
to translate our publications are also welcome.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at:
publications@icom.museum© ICOM, 2018

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ICOM’s peer-reviewed journal, Museum International,
promotes the exchange of expertise about museums andcultural heritage on an international level.
The journal, published twice a year, aims to foster
knowledge-sharing through interdisciplinary researchand best practices for the protection of cultural heritage
in a fast-changing world.

Key Ideas IN MuseuMs
aNd HerItage (1949-2004)

Vol. 64, No. 253-256 (2012)

Vol. 65, No. 257-260 (2013)

Vol. 66, No. 261-264 (2014)

Achievements and Challenges
in the Brazilian Museum
LandscapeMuseum Collections
Make Connections

Key Ideas in Museums
and Heritage (1949–2004)▪ ICOM members have full, free access to the online edition ofMuseum International (including the archive) through ICOMMUNITY.* Articles can be read online, or downloaded in PDF format.

▪ For information about print subscriptions, please visit the Museum International page on Wiley’s website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14680033. ICOM members benefit
from a special rate.
▪ Printed versions of back issues can be obtained from the ICOM
Publications Department (while stocks last).
Please contact: publications@icom.museum

MUSEUMS, HERITAGE
AND CAPACITY BUILDING
n° 265 - 266▪ Calls for Papers are published on all the ICOM communication networks and the Wiley Museum International page. For
more information on how to contribute to Museum International, please contact the Managing Editor, Aedín Mac Devitt:aedin.macdevitt@icom.museum

N° 269-270

MuseuMs Managing
the tensions of changeVol. 67, No. 265-266 (2015)

Vol. 68, No. 269-270 (2016)

Vol. 68, No. 271-272 (2016)

Museums Managing
the Tensions of Change

Museums, Heritage
and Capacity Building

The Role of Museums
in a Changing Society

Next issues

Vol. 69, No. 275-276, 2017Vol. 69, #273-274, 2017

◦ Museums
and Contested Histories(Vol. 70, No. 277-278)

Museums
and CulturalLandscapes◦ Museums in
a Digital World(Vol. 70, No. 279-280)

New Directions | Cultural Routes | Field Reports▪ Museum International is published in English by Wiley and in
Chinese by Yilin Press.
MUSEUM international | 185* At the time of writing, ICOM’s website was in development and ICOMMUNITY
is likely to evolve.

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Museums and CulturalLandscapes

Museums and Public Policy

ICOM Code of

Ethicsfor Natural
History
Museums

The ICOM Secretariat produces reference tools
for its members, ranging from best practices
and guidelines to fundamental concepts inmuseology. These tools are available in several
languages on ICOM’s website, and the Secretariat
encourages their translation into new languages
by ICOM National Committees.

ICOM
Publishing
Manualcouv_code-deon-anglais Page 1

ICOM Codeof Ethics
for Museums
The cornerstone of ICOM is the ICOM Codeof Ethics for Museums. It sets minimum standardsof professional practice and performance formuseums and their staff. In joining the organisation,
ICOM members undertake to abide by this Code.

The ICOM Code of Professional Ethics was adopted
unanimously by the 15th General Assembly of ICOMin Buenos Aires (Argentina) on 4 November, 1986.
It was amended by the 20th General Assemblyin Barcelona (Spain) on 6 July 2001, retitled
ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums, and revisedby the 21st General Assembly in Seoul(Republic of Korea) on 8 October, 2004.

The ICOM Code of Ethics forMuseums was adopted in 1986 andrevised in 2004. It establishes the values and principles shared by ICOMand the international museum community. As the cornerstone of ICOM,
it sets minimum standards of professional practice and performance formuseums and their staff.
The Code has been translated into numerous languages by ICOM’s Committees, and was redesigned in 2017,
in keeping with the new visual identityof the organisation.

Complementary to the ICOM Codeof Ethics for Museums, the ICOMCode of Ethics for Natural History
Museums was developed by ICOM’s
International Committee for Museums
and Collections of Natural History(NATHIST) and published in 2013.

ICOM CODE OF ETHICS FOR MUSEUMSFirst published in the three official languages
of ICOM, the Code of Ethics has beentranslated into numerous other languages
by ICOM’s committees.

ICOM Code of

ETHICSfor Museums

Cyan Magenta BlackThe ICOM Code of Ethics is available
online on ICOM’s website.
Print copies are available from ICOMSecretariat on request. Please contact
publications@icom.museum

Published in 2018 by the ICOMSecretariat, the ICOM Publishing
Manual provides a set of chapters withpractical content on each step in the
publishing process, addressing bothprint and digital publications, and allformats from e-newsletters to bookseries. The manual also explains how
committees and Regional Alliances
can make the most of the ICOM
network when promoting and distributing their publications, and ensure
consistency with ICOM’s identity andstandards.
The manual will soon be translated
into French and Spanish.

ICOM Codeof Ethics
for Natural
History
Museums
It defines ethical standards on issues specific to Natural History Museums, and relevant to Life and Earthsciences.
This Code has been translated into several language and ICOM encourages
new translations of the publication by
National Committees. Please contact:
publications@icom.museum
The ICOM Code of Ethics for Natural
History Museums is available online
and can be downloaded in PDF format
on ICOM’s and NATHIST’s websites.

ICOM
PUBLISHING MANUALThe ICOM Publishing Manual can be
downloaded in PDF format on ICOM’s
website: http://icom.museum/news/
news/article/the-icom-publishingmanual-a-new-reference-tool-formembers/

Countering
Illicit Trafficin Cultural
Goods:

Museums,
Ethics andCultural
Heritage

Benefitting from ICOM’s unique position in the museum world, this volume
provides an unparalleled explorationof ethics and museum practice, considering the controversies and debates
which surround key issues such asprovenance, ownership, cultural identity, environmental sustainability andsocial engagement. Written by academics and professionals, a variety ofcase studies reflects the internal realities and daily activities of museums
as they address these issues, from exhibition content and museum researchto education, accountability and newtechnologies.

The Global Challenge
of Protecting
the World’s Heritage
Edited by France Desmarais
Published by ICOM (2015)

F. Desmarais (Ed.)

Edited by Bernice L. Murphy
Published by ICOM
and Routledge (2016)

This volume provides an unparalleled exploration of ethics and museum
practice, evaluating the past, present and future of self-regulation inmuseum activities following ever-increasing controversy and debate
around issues of collections provenance, ownership, repatriation,
human rights, environmental sustainability, ‘difficult’ heritage, social
engagement and cultural identity. Using a variety of case studies thatreflect the internal realities and daily activities of museums as they
address these issues – from exhibition content and museum researchto education, accountability and new technologies – Museums,
Ethics and Cultural Heritage enables a greater understanding of therole of museums as complex and multifaceted institutions of cultural
production, identity-formation and heritage preservation.

Cover image: Cultural Rubble by Christine O’Loughlin. Consists of four panels (l-r) Perfect Architectural Support;
Perfect Woman; Perfect Man; Perfect Pots. 1993, reinforced polyester resin. The University of Melbourne Art Collection.
Commissioned by the University of Melbourne with funds provided by the Ian Potter Foundation 1993. On the façade of
the Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne. Photograph: Christian Capurro.

Cultural objects disappear every day, whether stolen from a museum
or removed from an archaeological site, to embark on the well-beaten
track of illicit antiquities. A track we have yet to map clearly.
The need to understand that journey, to establish the routes, to identify
the culprits, and to ultimately locate these sought-after objects, gave
rise to the launch of the first International Observatory on Illicit Trafficin Cultural Goods by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
This transdisciplinary publication concludes the initial phase of the
Observatory project, by providing articles signed by researchers andacademics, museum and heritage professionals, archaeologists, legal
advisors, curators, and journalists. It includes case studies on lootingin specific countries, with the primary aim of eliciting the nature of
the antiquities trade, the sources of the traffic, and solutions at hand.

Edited by

MUSEUM STUDIES / HERITAGE

Bernice L. Murphy

Bernice L. Murphy‘[This] book is an essential read,particularly for collections-based
museums as well as those that are
dealing with cultural and recent
history topics.’ - Robert Mac West,
Informal Learning Review

Edited byCountering Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods

Benefiting from ICOM’s unique position internationally in the museum
world, this collection brings a global range of academics andprofessionals together to examine museums ethics from multiple
perspectives. Providing a more complete picture of the diverse activities
now carried out by museums, Museums, Ethics and Cultural Heritage
will appeal to practitioners, academics, students, cultural policy makers
and commentators on the changing roles of museums today.

Bernice L. Murphy is the former National Director of Museums Australia(Canberra), and served as Chair of the ICOM Ethics Committee (2004–2011); nine years (six as Vice-President) on ICOM’s Executive Council(1995–2004); and three years as a founding member of ICOM’s Legal
Affairs Committee (2001-2004). She worked for fifteen years with a small
team developing what became Australia’s first museum of contemporaryart, serving as Curator, Chief Curator and finally Director of the MCA
Sydney (1984–1998). She has published since the 1970s on historical
art and exhibitions, museum architecture, artists’ training, art museums,
and contemporary art (including indigenous art) from many countries.
She is currently Editor of Museums Australia Magazine (a quarterly
journal).

Countering Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods
The Global Challenge of Protecting the World’s Heritage

With the financial supportof the Prevention and Fight against
Crime Programme, European Commission
Directorate-General Home Affairs

ISBN 978-1-138-67632-9

www.routledge.com

Routledge titles are available as eBook editions in a range of digital formats

9 781138 676329

Among various significant roles held
within ICOM and the Australianmuseum landscape, Bernice L. Murphy was the previous Chair of theICOM Ethics Committee, and is currently the editor of Museums Australia
Magazine.

This transdisciplinary publication
concludes the initial phase of the Observatory project, by providing articles
signed by researchers and academics,
museum and heritage professionals,
archaeologists, legal advisors, curators, and journalists. It includes casestudies on looting in specific countries,
with the primary aim of eliciting thenature of the antiquities trade, thesources of the traffic, and solutionsat hand.

This publication is available for purchase at a 20% discount for ICOM
members. Please contact the ICOMSecretariat for details.

The need to understand the journeyof stolen or illicitly removed culturalobjects gave rise to the launch of thefirst International Observatory on Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods by theInternational Council of Museums.

France Desmarais is Director of
Programmes and Partnerships at theICOM Secretariat.
The publication is available in PDF
format on ICOM’s website.
If you require a print edition, pleasecontact: publications@icom.museum

ICOM
Advancesin Museum
Research

The Futureof Natural
History
Museums
Edited by Eric Dorfman
Published by ICOM and Routledge (2017)

This research series developed by theInternational Council of Museums
draws on the expertise of ICOM’s worldwide network of museum professionals,
representing a range of museum- andheritage-related disciplines.
Bridging theory and practice, the series
addresses diverse issues of broad interest
to the museum field and is of relevance for
institutions around the world, featuringcontributions by representatives of a rangeof cultures. Focusing on different types ofmuseums and diverse fields of activity within the museum, the titles in the series will
provide useful and thought-provoking insights for today’s museum professionals.
Its multi-perspective approach ensures
its relevancy for academics, researchersand students of museology. The behindthe-scenes glimpses offered into the stateof the field will also appeal to the general
museum-going public.

of the trajectory of the natural history
museum sector in the next 20 to 50
years. Arguing that institutions must
learn to embrace new technology, thebook considers how they might retain
the authenticity of their stories andthe value placed on their objects inthe process.

Natural history museums are changing, both because of their own internal development and in response tochanges in context.
The Future of Natural History
Museums considers these changes andthe reasons behind them and begins
to develop a cohesive discourse thatbalances the disparate issues that our
institutions will face over the next
decades.
This book explores key elements of this
topic and, through commentary andsynthesis, develops a cohesive picture‘In this book, we find both numerous
solid, comprehensive answers aswell as compelling questions thatshould drive museum professionals
to consider thoughtfully the many
facets of contemporary museum
practice in their quest to remain
integral to society’. - David B.
Allison, Museum Management andCuratorship.
Eric Dorfman is Director of Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Natural
History. He is Chair of the ICOM Committee for Museums and Collections of
Natural History (NATHIST).
This publication is available for purchase at a 20% discount for ICOM
members.

Key Conceptsof Museology
Edited by André Desvalléesand François Mairesse
Published by Armand Colinand ICOM

Editedby André Desvalléesand François Mairesse

ey Concepts

Museology

An avant-première of the complete Dictionary of Museology, thisbooklet is the fruit of many years of research, analysis andevision by ICOM’s International Committee for Museology,
COFOM. Museums, and consequently the museum profession have witnessed unprecedented changes over the pastew decades, creating the need for a common language,accessible to museum professionals of all disciplines andcultures. A publication in its own right, this first-of-its-kindbooklet is published in four languages and presents 21 fundamental concepts of museology through a series of articles
detailing each concept’s origin, its evolution over time and thessues surrounding these concepts in the museological fieldoday.

Key ConceptsofMuseology
Launched at ICOM’s General Conference in Shanghai, the publication
became a reference tool, which provides museum professionals worldwide
with a common language. It presents
21 fundamental concepts of museology
in encyclopaedic format.

Key Concepts of Museology has been published to coincidewith the International Council of Museum’s General Confeence in Shanghai, China, from 7 - 12 November, 2010. The
historic triennial event provides the perfect backdrop for theaunch of a new set of standards for the organisation and formuseum professionals alike. The publication is distributed
and accessible to hundreds of museum professionals from all
our corners of the world.

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The fruit of several years of research
by ICOM’s International Committee
for Museology (ICOFOM), thebooklet Key Concepts of Museology
was published by ICOM and Armand
Colin, as an avant-première of thecomplete Dictionary of Museology
published in 2011.

Key Concepts of Museology has beentranslated in several languages, allof which can be consulted online on
ICOM’s website.
If you would like to translate Key
Concepts of Museology in your committee’s language, please contact:
publications@icom.museum

Runninga Museum
Edited by Patrick J. Boylan
Published by ICOM and UNESCO (2004)

ICOM published, with UNESCO, thepractical handbook Running a Museum in 2004. This handbook considers all aspects of museum management through practical advice andentry points for discussion. Additional
information such as technical data andstandards, suggestions for practical
exercises and discussion topics fortraining are provided with the maintext.
The handbook can be used with
Running a Museum: The Trainer’s
Manual, which provides guidance
through exercises and case studies for
management training.
Both publications can be downloaded in PDF format on ICOM’s and
UNESCO’s websites.

Forthcoming
Projects for 2019
Museum Basics - Spanish edition
Edited by Timothy Ambrose and Crispin Pain, the fourth edition of Museum
Basics, published by Routledge in
2018, addresses museums worldwide
operating with limited staff and resources in a fast-changing museum
field.
In 2019, ICOM will publish a Spanish version of this latest edition ofMuseum Basics, in collaboration witha Madrid-based publishing house.

ICOM series:
Reflections on Museum PracticeThis forthcoming ICOM book series
is intended for museum practitioners– experienced and emerging – whowish to upgrade their skills by relying
on a set of practical reference books.
The series will also provide students ofMuseum Studies with an insight into
the profession through relevant andcontemporary case studies.
A mix of analytical articles and reallife case studies will offer diverse perspectives on core aspects of museum
work, serving to further knowledge

in the field on the themes of management, exhibitions, the social role of themuseum, and collecting and storage.
The first volume of this new ICOM
series – on the topic of Museum
Management – will draw on the expertise and experience of ICOM’s
worldwide network to discuss all key
aspects of managing a museum in the
21st century. The first book is due tobe published in 2019.