International Museum Day
The International Museum Day is a celebration that is held each year on or about 18 May. Each year, the Advisory Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) defines a specific theme for International Museum Day.
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The event provides the opportunity for museum professionals to meet the public and alert them to the challenges that museums face if they are to be — as in the ICOM definition of museums — 'an institution in the service of society and of its development'."[1] |
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Themes
- 2011 - "Museum and memory"
- 2010 - "Museums for social harmony"
- 2009 - "Museums and tourism"
- 2008 - "Museums as agents of social change and development"
- 2007 - "Museums and Universal Heritage"
- 2006 - "Museums and young people"
- 2005 - "Museums bridging cultures"
- 2004 - "Museums and Intangible Heritage"
- 2003 - "Museums and Friends"
- 2002 - "Museums and Globalisation"
- 2001 - "Museums: building community"
- 2000 - "Museums for Peace and Harmony in Society"
- 1999 - "Pleasures of discovery"
- 1998-1997 - "The fight against illicit traffic of cultural property"
- 1996 - "Collecting today for tomorrow"
- 1995 - "Response and responsibility"
- 1994 - "Behind the Scenes in Museums"
- 1993 - "Museums and Indigenous Peoples"
- 1992 - "Museums and Environment"
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