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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 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 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 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
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 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 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, 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 the establishment of more science museums throughout the world. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS A Course on the Conservation of Works of Art,
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, 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 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, 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 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
Britain and is intended for people overseas professionally concerned with 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 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. 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 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
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 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 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 special exhibitions. 3. The growth of industrial civilization has brought with it, on an increasing scale, the disappearance of techniques, social usages, artistic activities, oral traditions and performances, many of which have not yet been studied properly. Wherever first-hand observation of these is still possible, the qualified scientific institutions are invited to put plans into immediate operation for studying them and for collecting the objects which give evidence of them. In regions where specialized museums and other scientific institutions in
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 special exhibitions. 3. The growth of industrial civilization has brought with it, on an increasing scale, the disappearance of techniques, social usages, artistic activities, oral traditions and performances, many of which have not yet been studied properly. Wherever first-hand observation of these is still possible, the qualified scientific institutions are invited to put plans into immediate operation for studying them and for collecting the objects which give evidence of them. In regions where specialized museums and other scientific institutions in this field do not yet exist, their creation is all the more necessary and, if the regular resources are insufficient, the appropriate authorities should be asked to take exceptional measures. 4. In the case of highly developed societies or those which are in the process of being industrialized, museums for regional ethnology have a special task in facing the problems of men in machinery, though they should not therefore neglect what is basic in the culture nor encroach upon the domain of museums of science and technology. We call the attention of museums of regional ethnology to the educational possibilities of television programmes for this purpose. The International Commission for Folk Arts and Folklore is requested to urge Unesco and the International Council of Museums, and in general all national and international institutions concerned, to help museums, libraries, archives, and other public depositories to see to it that objects or documents in their collections be turned over to those permanent institutions which can make the most effective use of them. B. Bratanic (Zagreb), R. Christiansen (Oslo), Jorge Dias (Coimbra), Helmut Dolker (Stuttgart), Maartje Draak (Amsterdam); Sigurd Erixon (Stockholm), Oskar Loorits (Uppsala), P. J. Meertens (Amsterdam), Georges Henri Rivière (Paris), Win.
regional ethnology have a special task in facing the problems of men in machinery, though they should not therefore neglect what is basic in the culture nor encroach upon the domain of museums of science and technology. We call the attention of museums of regional ethnology to the educational possibilities of television programmes for this purpose. The International Commission for Folk Arts and Folklore is requested to urge Unesco and the International Council of Museums, and in general all national and international institutions concerned, to help museums, libraries, archives, and other public depositories to see to it that objects or documents in their collections be turned over to those permanent institutions which can make the most effective use of them. B. Bratanic (Zagreb), R. Christiansen (Oslo), Jorge Dias (Coimbra), Helmut Dolker (Stuttgart), Maartje Draak (Amsterdam); Sigurd Erixon (Stockholm), Oskar Loorits (Uppsala), P. J. Meertens (Amsterdam), Georges Henri Rivière (Paris), Win. Roukens (Arnhem), Leopold Schmidt (Vienna), Stith Thompson (Bloomington), Niilo Valonen (Helsinki). Rembrandt exhibition in Stockholm A very important Rembrandt exhibition is being held at the National Art Gallery, Stockholm (1) grouping round the Gallery's pictures many treasures from the foremost collections in Europe, notably 17 paintings and 36 drawings from Holland. Forty seven paintings, 130 drawings and over 200 etchings are displayed in four galleries and twelve cabinets. The exhibition is centered around the "Batavians under Claudius Civilis" on loan by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. The picture has recently been examined according to modern X-ray methods. Thus by means of six 520 mm X-ray films approximately 2 m in length the entire painting was rayed in two exposures (2). Attendance during the first week was approximately 14 000. Lectures are given by Swedish and foreign Rembrandt scholars. REGIONAL INFORMATION AUSTRALIA A.G.M.A. News Bulletin. Pub. by Art Galleries and museums Association of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney. N° 8, March 31, 1955 "The future development of museums in Australia", by A. B. WALKOM The author deplores the lack of adequate modern museum buildings in Australia and expresses the wish that the Commonwealth Government appoint a standing commission on museums.
Holland. Forty seven paintings, 130 drawings and over 200 etchings are displayed in four galleries and twelve cabinets. The exhibition is centered around the "Batavians under Claudius Civilis" on loan by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. The picture has recently been examined according to modern X-ray methods. Thus by means of six 520 mm X-ray films approximately 2 m in length the entire painting was rayed in two exposures (2). Attendance during the first week was approximately 14 000. Lectures are given by Swedish and foreign Rembrandt scholars. REGIONAL INFORMATION AUSTRALIA A.G.M.A. News Bulletin. Pub. by Art Galleries and museums Association of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney. N° 8, March 31, 1955 "The future development of museums in Australia", by A. B. WALKOM The author deplores the lack of adequate modern museum buildings in Australia and expresses the wish that the Commonwealth Government appoint a standing commission on museums. He draws attention to the benefits derived from the inclusion of a Committee on museums in the framework of the Unesco structure in Australia, (3) from circulating exhibitions, and from the extension of museum services to country centres. "The need for taxonomic research", by H. T. CONDON The ornithologist of the South Australian museum regrets that systematics is not taught in Australian Universities. Museums are the natural centres for taxonomic research but there are few good taxonomists and nothing seems to be done to ensure that material recently collected will be properly studied or decently housed. "Museums and art galleries can they function together?", by W. BRYDEN In some cities there is but one museum building — using the term in its widest sense — often to the detriment of the art gallery while in larger cities the various sections exist as separate entities. The author examines the pros and cons of a composite museum and advocates a large building with space for museums and art galleries separate, or with buildings close together in park lands and in close proximity to schools and colleges. "The Curator as exhibitionist", by D. J. TUGBY (Canberra) The opening of the new Ethnological Gallery
the South Australian museum regrets that systematics is not taught in Australian Universities. Museums are the natural centres for taxonomic research but there are few good taxonomists and nothing seems to be done to ensure that material recently collected will be properly studied or decently housed. "Museums and art galleries can they function together?", by W. BRYDEN In some cities there is but one museum building — using the term in its widest sense — often to the detriment of the art gallery while in larger cities the various sections exist as separate entities. The author examines the pros and cons of a composite museum and advocates a large building with space for museums and art galleries separate, or with buildings close together in park lands and in close proximity to schools and colleges. "The Curator as exhibitionist", by D. J. TUGBY (Canberra) The opening of the new Ethnological Gallery in the National Museum of Victoria gives rise to a number of considerations on the necessity for a Curator to add to his scientific knowledge and preferences an understanding of the psychological principles of perception so that the exhibit becomes a communication medium. "Research in the science museum", by F. R. MORRISON (Sydney) Research together with exhibition and information is one of the main functions of a science museum. Museums of natural history have a wide scope for research, while applied science museums can become a centre of original investigation. An account of the activities of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, shows how a museum may become an authority on a particular branch of science because of the interest of its scientific staff and as a result of enthusiastic teamwork. Thus research carried out for over 60 years on the essential oils from Australian native vegetation have had important results in the field of botany, medicine and industry. "The radiocarbon dating method", by C. M. FOCKEN (Melbourne) The author visited those laboratories in the USA and England which are producing the most reliable results by this new scientific method. Scientists on both sides of the Atlantic are
R. MORRISON (Sydney) Research together with exhibition and information is one of the main functions of a science museum. Museums of natural history have a wide scope for research, while applied science museums can become a centre of original investigation. An account of the activities of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, shows how a museum may become an authority on a particular branch of science because of the interest of its scientific staff and as a result of enthusiastic teamwork. Thus research carried out for over 60 years on the essential oils from Australian native vegetation have had important results in the field of botany, medicine and industry. "The radiocarbon dating method", by C. M. FOCKEN (Melbourne) The author visited those laboratories in the USA and England which are producing the most reliable results by this new scientific method. Scientists on both sides of the Atlantic are independently using almost identical procedures without knowing it since nothing has been published. The Trustees of the Museum of Applied Science of Victoria have decided that it is most desirable to provide a radiocarbon dating service for Australia and work is being carried out to this effect. "Teaching natural history in W. A. Museum", by A. M. DOUGLAS (Perth) Regular museum classes were first arranged in 1935 at the West Australia Museum, Perth. The teacher in charge is permanently stationed at the Museum but is a member of the Education Department. He is a field naturalist and can always seek advice of a technical nature from the Staff but is responsible for the programme, which he adapts to the needs of the school curriculums. Classes are held in the Museum four days a week and on Fridays the teacher visits schools that cannot attend classes. Figures for 1953 show that 17 schools made 67 visits which means that 1770 visits were made by 1208 different children. BELGIUM Royal museum of art and history, Brussels The archaeology wing of the Musées royaux d'art et d’histoire which was destroyed by fire in 1946 has not yet been rebuilt. In the meantime certain