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prochainement adopté. «Osnovanje tehnicki muzej», par P. GRĐENIĆ (Création d'un musée des techniques). Un musée des techniques a été provisoirement ouvert à Zagreb en 1954 en attendant qu'un nouveau bâtiment lui soit affecté. Un certain nombre de sections spéciales ont été prévues: physique, chimie, électrotechnique, industries minières, métallurgiques et chimiques, agriculture et industrie alimentaire, éclairage cartographie, architecture, etc. DOCUMENTS Enregistrement des collections L'enregistrement et le catalogage des collections d'un petit musée pose des problèmes particuliers du fait, en général, du manque de formation professionnelle du personnel. La section Musées de la Société historique de l'Ontario au Canada est souvent mise
la Société historique de l'Ontario au Canada est souvent mise à contribution par les organisateurs de petits musées au premier stade de leur carrière et il lui a paru utile de faire établir un guide extrêmement simple des règles à suivre: pour numéroter les objets, inscrire les dons et les prêts, établir des fiches descriptives, etc. Des modèles de formulaires imprimés accompagnent les recommandations. Expositions scientifiques L'organisation «Science service» de Washington a fait paraître un petit opuscule, sur les techniques de présentation dans le domaine des sciences exactes, notamment la chimie. L'ouvrage, particulièrement destiné aux éducateurs, aux étudiants et aux
chimie. L'ouvrage, particulièrement destiné aux éducateurs, aux étudiants et aux amateurs de démonstrations scientifiques, comporte des informations pratiques (illustrées de graphiques et de photos) sur la manière de sélectionner le matériel et d'établir un plan d'exposition, sur les méthodes de présentation: signalisation, éclairage, mécanisme des expositions animées, etc. et sur les explications, écrites ou orales, à donner au public. Spécimens-types en botanique et en zoologie Lors de sa deuxième conférence générale, tenue à Londres en 1950, une résolution avait été prise par l'ICOM, confiant au Comité de l'ICOM pour les musées d'histoire naturelle le soin de « constituer dans son
musées d'histoire naturelle le soin de « constituer dans son cadre une commission chargée d'étudier, en liaison avec l'Union internationale des sciences biologiques, les méthodes propres à faciliter l'étude des spécimens types ». Cette commission se réunit à l'University Museum d'Oxford, le 20 juillet 1952, sous la présidence du Dr. SWINTON, du British Museum (Natural History). En conclusion à ses travaux, la Commission chargea le Dr. Swinton de rédiger, à l'intention des musées locaux d'histoire naturelle et des musées mixtes en possession de telles collections, un opuscule comportant des recommandations sur la nomenclature, la signalisation, la conservation technique et la
sur la nomenclature, la signalisation, la conservation technique et la localisation des spécimens-types. Les fonds nécessaires ayant pu être inscrits par l'ICOM, en accord avec l'Unesco, dans son programme de 1954, nous sommes heureux de présenter aujourd'hui cet opuscule, qui nous semble bien répondre aux intentions des experts de la réunion d'Oxford. ICOM NEWS Éditeurs M. Georges Henri RIVIÈRE, Directeur de l'ICOM. Mlle Marthe BENOIST D'AZY Secrétaire exécutif de l'ICOM Mlle Yvonne ODDON, Chargée du Centre de Documentation Avec la collaboration, au Centre de Documentation, de: Mme Hélène MASPERO, Mme Esther LEVY Mlle Janina TUWAN Bureau ICOM, Maison de l'Unesco
Esther LEVY Mlle Janina TUWAN Bureau ICOM, Maison de l'Unesco 19 Avenue Kléber, PARIS (16e) Téléphone: KLEBER 52.00, poste 3165 Adresse télégraphique: ICOM PARIS Icom News—publié avec le concours financier de l'UNESCO distribué gracieusement aux membres et membres associés de l'ICOM, paraît six fois par an. Ses éditions anglaise et française sont imprimées à la suite dans une même brochure. Les manuscrits, informations et, en général, tous textes concernant ce périodique sont à communiquer à Mlle Benoist d'Azy, à l'adresse de l'ICOM (voir ci-dessus). Aucune responsabilité n'est assumée quant au retour des manuscrits. Les opinions exprimées dans les articles n'engagent
retour des manuscrits. Les opinions exprimées dans les articles n'engagent que les auteurs de ceux-ci. Spécimens-types en botanique et en zoologie. Récommandations à l'usage des musées d'histoire naturelle et des musées mixtes. Publ. avec le concours financier de l'Unesco. Paris, Conseil international des musées, 1955. V, 12 p. 21 cm. Participaient en outre à cette réunion: MM. le Dr. A. E. Parr (American Museum of Natural History, New York), J. Carayon (Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris), V. van Straelen (Institut royal des sciences naturelles, Bruxelles), G. Varley (Hope Department of Entomology, Oxford), G. H. Rivière (Directeur de l'Icom, Paris) et
Entomology, Oxford), G. H. Rivière (Directeur de l'Icom, Paris) et Mlle M. Benoist d'Azy (Secrétaire exécutif de l'Icom, Paris). whose branches in all countries are at your disposal. Should you wish it, the COOK agencies are ready to hold the luggage which is not needed during the Conference. Participants are kindly requested to take no more than one suitcase on trips C. and E. We must insist that your COOK agent receive your order for hotel reservations (annex 2) before April 15. We have reserved a sufficient number of rooms but we cannot guarantee anything after the above date, since
but we cannot guarantee anything after the above date, since it is difficult to make reservations in Switzerland especially in the middle of the tourist season. Should you wish to take part in an excursion in Switzerland before or after the Conference, please return the enclosed post card (annex 3). The Icom permanent address is: Icom Secretariat Unesco House, 19, Avenue Kleber, Paris XVIe, France. All enquiries concerning the 4th General Conference should be addressed to Icom Conference Swiss national Museum, Zurich 23, Suisse. Cable address: ICOM CONFERENCE ZURICH for the duration of the Conference. Correspondence reaching the Conference between
the duration of the Conference. Correspondence reaching the Conference between 2 and 4 July should be addressed to Icom Conference Museum des Beaux-arts, Basel, Suisse. DRAFT PROGRAMME Numbers I to III (receptions), 1 to 4 (lunches) and letters A to E (travel) are mentioned in the Registration form (annex 1) Monday 2 July Basel Morning Meeting of the Advisory Board Meeting of the Executive Committee Delegates meet informally Lunch Free Afternoon Working parties in museums or Visit to private collections First public lecture Evening I Reception Tuesday 3 July A Excursion to Bern Morning Travel by train to Bern Working
Excursion to Bern Morning Travel by train to Bern Working parties in museums or Visit to private collections Lunch 1 Invitation Afternoon Excursion and dinner in a typical regional setting in the neighbourhood or Visit to private collections in Bern Evening Return trip by train to Basel Wednesday 4 July Basel Morning Meetings of International Subject Committees Second public lecture Lunch Free Afternoon Working parties in museums or Visit to private collections Thursday 5 July C Excursion and travel to Zurich Morning Trip by bus to Schaffhausen Visit of the museum in the Bally shoe factory Trip to Schaffhausen Lunch
museum in the Bally shoe factory Trip to Schaffhausen Lunch 2 Invitation Afternoon Working parties in the Allerheiligen museum Third public lecture Trip to Zurich Evening Free Friday 6 July Zurich and Winterthur Morning Meeting of International Subject Committees Visit to private collections Tour of the City Lunch Free Afternoon D Excursion by bus to Winterthur Visit to the Oskar Reinhart private collection and Foundation (Working parties in the Foundation) Return to Zurich II Reception Saturday 7 July Zurich Morning Working parties in museums Lunch 3 Invitation Afternoon Working parties in museums Meeting of the Advisory Board Fourth Public lecture
in museums Meeting of the Advisory Board Fourth Public lecture Evening Free Sunday 8 July E Excursion and travel to Geneva Morning Travel by train to Neuchâtel Working parties in the Ethnographical Museum Lunch III Invitation Afternoon Free Travel by train to Geneva Evening Free Monday 9 July Geneva Morning General Assembly Fifth public lecture Lunch 4 Invitation Afternoon Working parties in the museum or Visit to private collections Meeting of the Executive Committee Closing session The final detailed programme will be distributed to delegates on arrival at the Conference. — The organising Committee reserves the right to introduce minor
— The organising Committee reserves the right to introduce minor changes. III. WORKING PARTIES IN MUSEUMS As already mentioned in my first circular letter, the usual practice of reading papers at sessions has no part in the programme. Instead, there will be a number of working parties in the museums, representing the main effort of the Conference in the museographical field. The chief aim of these working parties is to group round a definite object a number of museum specialists in various fields to enable them to have the benefit, in the course of the discussion, of the point of
in the course of the discussion, of the point of view and achievements of their colleagues. In each group, numbering approximately 30, a Swiss rapporteur will explain briefly how he has obtained the result confronting the group and delegates are requested to take part in the discussion and to give, even by means of slides or films, other solutions to the same problem. The Organisers have tried to group the subjects so as to demonstrate what Swiss museums may have contributed to the advancement of the museum world and also to cover questions pertaining to the entire field of modern
to cover questions pertaining to the entire field of modern museology. Annex 4 contains a tentative and incomplete list of subjects. You are requested to indicate in § 6 of the registration form (annex 1) those in which you are particularly interested so as to facilitate the formation of the working groups. Needless to say, delegates are free to join whichever group they choose. It is important to inform us at the Icom Conference address of the dimensions of the slides you may wish to show. IV PUBLIC LECTURES In order to give the best overall idea of the role
order to give the best overall idea of the role and importance of the museum in our time and to enable our views to reach the general public, the Organisers have called on five distinguished museologists to define how they conceive the question, either from the standpoint of museums of art, natural history, science and technology, ethnography and history, or, finally, covering the whole museum problem. These lectures, the most important ones of the Conference, will be given in various Swiss towns and be open to the general public. The press will give them the echo and publicity we wish
press will give them the echo and publicity we wish to have. V. ADMINISTRATIVE MEETINGS The programme includes, together with the daily sessions of the Icom and Conference Secretariats, two meetings of the Executive Committee, two meetings of the Advisory Board, the second of which should be attended by the Chairmen of the International Subject Committees, and finally the General Assembly which will be held in Geneva and at which among other things the resolutions submitted during the Conference will be adopted. These various meetings are open only to active and associate members of Icom and to the approved representatives
and associate members of Icom and to the approved representatives of organizations, in agreement with Icom. VI. ICOM INTERNATIONAL SUBJECT COMMITTEES The Icom Subject Committees will be able to hold at least two meetings (see programme). Additional meetings can be organized if necessary. To ensure the success of this important part of the programme, we hereby request the Chairmen or Secretaries of the Subject Committees to inform the Chairman of the Conference in Zurich as soon as possible as to the number of meetings they mean to hold and the approximate attendance. Meetings will only be provided for following a
approximate attendance. Meetings will only be provided for following a request by the Chairman or Secretary of the said committees. VII. INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR MUSEUMS The proclamation of the International Campaign for museums will take place at the closing session. Documentation on the Campaign may be obtained, on request, from the Unesco Museums and Monuments Division (Unesco House, 19 Avenue Kleber, Paris 16e). Yours very truly, Frédéric GYSIN Chairman of the Swiss Organizing Committee of the General Conference Chairman of the Swiss National Committee of ICOM Icom 4th General Conference Working sessions Provisional list of subjects for discussion 1) Historical
Working sessions Provisional list of subjects for discussion 1) Historical roots of a museum 2) The Swiss historic museum as a type 3) The Rietberg museum, an art or ethnographical museum? 4) Towards a modern zoological park 5) A dynamic museum 6) Documentation in an art museum 7) A museum annex under construction 8) Air-conditioning by irradiation 9) Reconditioning of an antiquated building 10) Comments on a display (Natural History collection) 11) Display in an historical building 12) Picture hanging in an art gallery 13) How to display a collection of arms 14) An example of a temporary exhibition 15)
of arms 14) An example of a temporary exhibition 15) Daylight in an art museum 16) Artificial lighting 17) Dioramas in a Natural History Museum 18) Construction and fitting of an aquarium 19) A standard showcase for multiple purposes 20) Can a standard showcase be realized? 21) Labels 22) Guide recordings 23) Public relations 24) Educational services 25) Lecture tours 26) Publicity 27) Organisation of a study collection 28) The care of paintings 29) The conservation of wood 30) The conservation of textiles 31) The reconstitution of prehistoric objects 32) The detection of fakes The aim of this list, still
The detection of fakes The aim of this list, still very incomplete, is to enable us to establish a final list in keeping with the wishes of Delegates. Kindly mention your preferences under item 6 of the registration form (annex 1) Abundance of material obliges us to carry over to the next issue a number of informations including the questionnaire circulated by the ICOM International Committee on scientific museum laboratories and the names of the 41 experts who at present form the Committee. Unesco-Icom Museum Documentation Centre See page A — monographs and general information published by or about a
— monographs and general information published by or about a museum; B — Guides and catalogues of permanent collections; C — Catalogues of temporary exhibitions; D — annual reports, periodicals. UNESCO Museum, vol. 9, n. 1, 1956 (Summary) International Campaign for Museums. — R. M. REAL: Retrospective Exhibition of Brazilian Sacred Art (XXXVIth International Eucharistic Congress), Rio de Janeiro. — H. GOETZ: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. — S. F. de BORHEGYI: The Spanish Colonial Art Museum of Guatemala. — J. C. EWERS: New Ethnological Exhibits, United States National Museum, Washington, D.C. — F. COULON: The Studio for
National Museum, Washington, D.C. — F. COULON: The Studio for the under-thirteen, Musee des arts decoratifs, Paris. B. Ch. CHHABRA: Site Museums of India. Museum Notes: The Display of Gallo-Roman Antiquities in the Bourges Museum (J. FAVIERE). — The Exhibition on the Preservation of the Church St. Sophia of Ochrida (V. MADJARIC). — Organizing a Children's Nature Group (M. W. GODWIN). — The Netherlands Railway Museum at Utrecht (M. A. ASSELBERGHS). — The Museum of History at Abomey, Dahomey (J. LOMBARD). — The National Museum of Bavaria, its Hundredth Anniversary (E. STEINGRABER). International Centre for the study of the preservation
(E. STEINGRABER). International Centre for the study of the preservation and restoration of cultural property At its seventh session in 1952 the General Conference discussed the establishment of this Centre. The International Council of Museums and the International Committee on Monuments later suggested that the most practical solution would be to attach the Centre to an existing national institution — either the Laboratoire Central des Musées de Belgique in Brussels, or the Istituto Centrale del Restauro, in Rome. A report on the functions of the proposed Centre drawn up by the two above mentioned bodies was therefore sent to the
the two above mentioned bodies was therefore sent to the Belgian and Italian governments both of which made known the facilities and cooperation they offered to place at Unesco's disposal for the creation of the Centre. The Executive Board of Unesco at its forty-second session in November 1955 examined the proposals and decided that in Rome the Centre would find headquarters better suited to the work to be carried out. Negotiations between the Secretariat and the Italian authorities have resulted in the establishment of draft statutes for the Centre and a draft agreement with the Host State which will be
a draft agreement with the Host State which will be circulated to Member States for comments, the final text to be submitted for ratification to the General Conference at its 9th session. The creation of the Centre could thus become effective in 1956 and it could start functioning in 1957 if answers from Member States are favourable. The Centre, which would receive financial support from Unesco the first few years, could not be run unless a sufficient number of states are willing to take part in and contribute towards the work to be carried out. The response of Member States
work to be carried out. The response of Member States to the projects prepared by the Secretariat are of primary importance for the realization of this initiative the furtherance of which can have but happy results for the conservation of cultural property. The Chairmen of all ICOM national Committees, and members of ICOM in General, are requested to give due consideration to this question which is so closely related to museum development. It would be most useful if they could eventually draw the attention of the authorities in their respective countries to the subject. Dr. Coremans on mission to Indonesia
countries to the subject. Dr. Coremans on mission to Indonesia Dr. Paul Coremans, Director of the Laboratoire Central des Musées de Belgique, Secretary of the ICOM Committee for Museum Laboratories, has travelled to Indonesia to study certain problems relating to the conservation of ancient monuments — such as those at Borobudur and to advise the relevant authorities on the subject. This mission, for a duration of two months, was organised by Unesco within the framework of the Aid to Member States programme, on the request of the Indonesian Government. The aim is to study the effects of atmospheric agents on
aim is to study the effects of atmospheric agents on the stone having served in the construction of certain Indonesian monuments and the remedies which should be applied. ICOM, taking advantage of the occasion, has asked Dr. Coremans to discuss with the local authorities the possibility of founding an Indonesian National Committee. Travelling Science exhibition The fifth scientific travelling exhibition entitled "Energy and its Transformations" was presented to the public by Unesco on March 1st at the Musée pédagogique Paris. The various sections cover electromagnetic energy, mechanical energy, heat energy, chemical energy, atomic energy and the world's energy sources. Diagrams,
chemical energy, atomic energy and the world's energy sources. Diagrams, photographs and working models are used to explain different forms of energy and their transformations. In addition to this exhibition a number of panels on scientific museums prepared by Messrs. Frank Greenaway, Deputy Keeper, the Science Museum and Donald Bowen, of the Exhibition Office, Imperial Institute, London, were presented by ICOM. Travelling exhibitions and science museums have the same aim namely to keep the general public abreast of the progress of modern science. Museums are a permanent source of information and Unesco in its fight against ignorance wishes to see
and Unesco in its fight against ignorance wishes to see the establishment of more science museums throughout the world. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS A Course on the Conservation of Works of Art, 1956 The British Council, in collaboration with the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Courtauld Institute has arranged a course on the scientific conservation of works of art, to be held in London from 9th to 22nd September, 1956. It will provide a survey of methods used in Great Britain and is intended for people overseas professionally concerned with the preservation of works of art, whether as museum officials,
the preservation of works of art, whether as museum officials, practising restorers, or in other ways. It is intended that it shall meet the requirements both of the specialist and of the museum official whose needs are more general. Its scope will be as follows: 1) General considerations in the care of easel paintings and museum objects; museum climate. — 2) The scientific examination of works of art and materials; the application of X-, ultra-violet, and infra-red radiations; microscopy and the technique of making cross-sections; spectroscopy, crystallography; micro-analytical methods for the study and identification of materials. 3) The physics and
the study and identification of materials. 3) The physics and chemistry of the materials and methods of painting and conservation; wood, canvas, pigments, media, varnish, adhesives, solvents. — 4) Conservation of paintings: organisation and documentation, theory and practice of panel treatment, relining, cleaning, retouching, varnishing. — 5) Conservation of museum objects with emphasis on recent advances. Subjects will be chosen from the following: skin, leather, parchment, paper, textiles, wood, bone, ivory, metals, ceramics, glass, marble, etc. The course will be based on the Courtauld Institute, London, and will be directed by Mr. S. Rees-Jones, Head of the Department of Technology.
by Mr. S. Rees-Jones, Head of the Department of Technology. Visits will be paid to the laboratories and conservation departments of the British Museum and the National Gallery and lectures and demonstrations will be given by members of their staff. Applications should be addressed to the local Representative of the British Council or to the Director, Courses Department, the British Council, 65 Davies Street, London, W1, from whom further particulars can be obtained. Museums of regional ethnology At the close of the International Commission for Folk Arts and Folklore held at Arnhem, September 21-23, 1955, the undersigned met in Amsterdam
at Arnhem, September 21-23, 1955, the undersigned met in Amsterdam at the invitation of the Royal Academy of Sciences. In the name of the Congress they requested the International Commission of Popular Arts (CIAP) to formulate recommendations. We publish hereafter, at the request of CIAP, the recommendations concerning museums of regional ethnology and in a broader sense all categories of public repositories. 1. Showing objects singly should be restricted to exceptional cases. As far as the resources of the collection permit, objects should be grouped according to themes. Such methods make it possible to expand the range of exhibits. Not
make it possible to expand the range of exhibits. Not only the material aspects of a culture can be exhibited by such methods, but also the social and ideological aspects. 2. Too many ethnographical museums present the material of the societies with which they deal entirely according to systematic schemes. The general perspectives of history and of historical development are apt to be warped by such displays. Such effects can be avoided if the museums of regional ethnology make room in their halls for historical exhibits, so far as they are reasonably and conveniently related to their general aims or