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26-665: The Museum is affiliated with: CMA , CHIN , and Virtual Museum of Canada . 53°12′22″N 105°45′16″W  /  53.2060°N 105.7544°W  / 53.2060; -105.7544 This article about a building or structure in Saskatchewan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a museum in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Canadian Museums Association The Canadian Museums Association ( CMA ; French : Association des musées canadiens , AMC ),

52-590: A 1946 letter to Alice Johannsen Turham of the McGill University Museums, Harry O. McCurry of the National Gallery of Canada explained: As you know I have always felt that a Canadian Museums Association is essential to the proper development of a Canadian museum service and I hope you feel the same way. I was astonished to hear from one prominent curator, that he thought we ought not to form an association of our own but to link up with

78-794: A continuing improvement in the qualifications and practices of museum professionals. It is a registered charity, and administers the funds of the former Museums Foundation of Canada, a separate charity that wrapped up in 2020. The CMA is governed by an elected Board of Directors and maintains a full-service Secretariat in Ottawa. Since its founding, CMA has had eleven executive directors: CMA publishes its bilingual bimonthly Muse magazine and offers its members services such as advocacy on broad public policy, an insurance program and awards, among other services. The association regularly appears before parliamentary committees on issues of heritage. CMA also hosts Canadian Museums Day on Parliament Hill to celebrate

104-436: A worldwide event held around 18 May. From America and Oceania to Europe, Asia and Africa, International Museum Day aims to increase public awareness of the role of museums in developing society. ICOM operates 32 international committees on a range of museum specialties, who conduct advanced research in their respective fields for the benefit of the museum community. ICOM comprises also 118 national committees that ensure that

130-406: Is Medea Ekner, who replaced Peter Keller. Previous Directors General were Anne-Catherine Robert-Hauglustaine (2014–2016) and Hanna Pennock (2013–2014). CIDOC, ICOM's International Committee for Documentation, provides the museum community with standards and advice on museum documentation. The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM), formalised as the official international standard ISO 21127 ,

156-817: Is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to museums, maintaining formal relations with UNESCO and having a consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council . Founded in 1946, ICOM also partners with entities such as the World Intellectual Property Organization , Interpol , and the World Customs Organization in order to carry out its international public service missions, which include fighting illicit traffic in cultural goods and promoting risk management and emergency preparedness to protect world cultural heritage in

182-730: Is a national non-profit organization for the promotion of museums in Canada. It represents Canadian museum professionals both within Canada and internationally. As with most trade associations , it aims to improve the recognition, growth and stability of its constituency. Its staff supports their nearly 2,000 members with conferences, publications, and networking opportunities. CMA members include national museums, non-profit museums, art galleries , science centres, aquariums, archives, sport halls-of-fame, artist-run centres, zoos and historic sites across Canada. They range from large metropolitan galleries to small community museums. All are dedicated to preserving and presenting Canada's cultural heritage to

208-569: Is among ICOM's highest priorities, and the Lists raise awareness on smuggling and illicit trade in cultural objects. The ICOM Red Lists are tools designed to help police and customs officials, heritage professionals, and art and antiquities dealers to identify the types of objects that are most susceptible to illicit trafficking. As of 2023, ICOM has already published Red Lists for many different countries and regions: Red Lists are not lists of stolen objects, but are awareness raising tools that identify

234-469: Is committed to providing cultural institutions with the necessary support and risk prevention tools when faced with conflict situations or natural disasters . Through its Disaster Relief for Museums Task Force (DRTF), its Museums Emergency Programme (MEP) and its active role in the Blue Shield , ICOM assists museums worldwide by mobilising its resources quickly and efficiently to provide support in both

260-579: Is used to map cultural heritage information to a common and extensible semantic framework. This "semantic glue" can be used to connect between different sources of cultural heritage information published by museums, libraries and archives. The committee was founded by Ivan Illich in 1961 in Cuernavaca , Mexico. ICOM was the first international organization to participate in the Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp) online museums directory in

286-919: The World Expo where the ICOM's Pavilion was inaugurated and named "Museums, Heart of the City". The General Conference was held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013, in Milan in 2016, in Kyoto in 2019, in Prague in 2022. Dubai is to welcome the 27th ICOM General Conference dedicated to "The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities" in 2025. The current ICOM President is Ms. Emma Nardi . She succeeded Mr. Alberto Garlandini . The current Director General

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312-667: The Department of Canadian Heritage granted the CMA $ 680,948 to produce a report and recommendations on the implementation of UNDRIP within Canadian museums. The CMA published its report, Moved to Action: Activating UNDRIP in Canadian Museums , in 2022. The CMA is a federally incorporated nonprofit association which advances public museum services in Canada, promotes the welfare and a better administration of museums and fosters

338-507: The ICOM Standing Committee for Ethics (ETHCOM), a dedicated ICOM body which handles ethical issues relating to museums. Since 2000, ICOM has published its Red Lists to combat the illicit traffic in cultural goods which causes significant damage to heritage, particularly in regions of the world where cultural property is most susceptible to theft and looting. Supporting the fight against illicit traffic in cultural goods

364-516: The League's initiatives the OIM was dissolved following WWII, and its activities later assumed by ICOM. ICOM adopted its ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums in 1986, a reference tool that sets standards of excellence to which all members of the organisation must adhere. The ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums, translated into 39 languages and revised in 2004, establishes values and principles shared by ICOM and

390-548: The Red Lists with the scientific collaboration of national and international experts and the support of dedicated sponsors, to cover the most vulnerable areas of the world in terms of illicit trafficking of cultural objects. The lists are published in different languages according to the context of each List. Among other success stories, these tools have contributed to the identification, recovery and restitution of thousands of cultural objects from Iraq, Afghanistan and Mali. ICOM

416-598: The Secretary of State on 10 September 1947. Founding members and their institutions (at the time): In addition to the above, eight more observers were present at the founding event and are recognized as founding members (as opposed to delegates). The 1988 controversy surrounding The Spirit Sings exhibition at the Glenbow Museum led to the creation of a task force to assess and address issues of Indigenous involvement in museums, access to museum collections and

442-690: The U.S.A. I am all for most cordial cooperation with the American Museums Association in every way but we need an organization of our own to deal with problems which are particularly Canadian. A small group of representatives from 13 museums met in Quebec City, QC, during the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Museums (now the American Alliance of Museums). It was granted a charter by

468-478: The categories of cultural objects that can be subjected to theft and traffic. They help individuals, organisations and authorities, such as police or customs officials, identify objects at risk and prevent them from being illegally sold or exported. The cultural goods depicted on the lists are inventoried objects within the collections of recognised institutions. They serve to illustrate the categories of cultural goods most vulnerable to illicit traffic. ICOM publishes

494-807: The contributions of museums to society. Since 1996, the association administers for the Department of Canadian Heritage the Young Canada Works program which provides funds for the hiring of summer students and interns in museums in order for them to obtain experience in the heritage field. It also offers large national conferences each year in various locations across Canada (Ottawa 2017 and Vancouver 2018) as well as specialized conferences on museum issues, such as Museum Traveling Exhibitions, Deaccessioning Standards, Art and Law symposium, Museum Enterprises Conference, Future of Exhibition Design Symposium, etc. The CMA has both formal and informal partnerships with organizations relating to arts and heritage across

520-618: The country. Formal partnerships, including administrative support, include ICOM Canada , Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization and the Canadian Federation of Friends of Museums. Informal partnerships include the Provincial and Territorial Museum Associations across Canada. 45°24′57″N 75°41′29″W  /  45.41583°N 75.69139°W  / 45.41583; -75.69139 International Council of Museums The International Council of Museums ( ICOM )

546-493: The event of natural or man-made disasters. Members of the ICOM get the ICOM membership card, which provides free entry, or entry at a reduced rate, to many museums all over the world. ICOM traces it roots back to the defunct International Museums Office (OIM ( Office internalional des musées )), created in 1926 by the League of Nations . An agency of the League's International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation , like many of

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572-886: The interests of the organisation are managed in their respective countries. The national committees represent their members within ICOM and they contribute to the implementation of the organisation's programmes. The ICOM General Conference is held every three years and gathers museum professionals from several countries. The first meeting was held in Paris in 1948. In recent years, General Conferences have been held in Seoul in 2004 (the first meeting in Asia ), in Vienna in 2007, and in Shanghai in 2010. This 22nd General Conference in Shanghai followed

598-451: The international museum community. These standards of self-regulation by museums include basic principles for museum governance, the acquisition and disposal of collections, and rules for professional conduct. A decision was reached in 2019 following the 25th General Conference of ICOM that the Code should be reviewed and revised if necessary. The review process is ongoing and is coordinated by

624-587: The interpretation of artifacts and human remains. In 1992, CMA, in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations , published the report Turning The Page with recommendations on repatriation of human remains and sacred objects to indigenous communities. In 2015, CMA was named in Calls to Action 67 and 68 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to undertake special roles in the reconciliation process. In 2018,

650-560: The prevention and the aftermath of disaster situations. The Getty Conservation Institute and ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) took part in this programme and helped develop training tools for MEP. ICOM's action programme offers a long-term global response that strengthens the Blue Shield dynamism. Every year since 1977, ICOM has organised International Museum Day ,

676-582: The public. In 1932, British Museums Association President Sir Henry Miers visited museums in Canada and found them "in a deplorable state and far behind those of the United States and most European countries." According to notes later left in CMA bylaws, the intention had been to form an association in the 1930s, but this was delayed because of the Second World War. Following the war, the idea for an association began to gain popularity. In

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