Hyperallergic

A New Definition of "Museum" Sparks International Debate

For almost 50 years, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has defined the museum as “a nonprofit institution” that “acquires, conserves, researches, communicates, and exhibits the tangible and ...
Artnet

Should Art Museums Be More or Less Ideological? After Pushback, a Gathering of Museum Leaders Refuses to Address the Question

Museum directors and professionals from more than 100 countries have decided to postpone a decision whether to adopt a radical redefinition of the role of museums. After a week of debate in Kyoto, and ...
Observer

After Nearly a Decade of Debate, There’s a New Definition of ‘Museum’

After seven years of at times fractious debate, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) finally has a new definition of “museum.” Throughout the process, ICOM painstakingly analyzed each word in ...
Mena FN

What Is A Museum? Icom Finally Decides On A New Definition

The definition of a museum has significantly changed for the first time in 50 years after an unanimous vote by members of the International Council of Museums (Icom) in Prague today. Representatives ...
Artnet

After Years of Debate, Leading Experts Have Finally Decided What Defines an Ideal Museum. Did They Not Go Far Enough?

What does it mean to be a museum? After years of controversy and debate, the word officially has a new definition from the International Council of Museums (ICOM), a 76-year-old professional ...
Mental Floss

The Definition of Museum Could Be Changing

If you’ve always casually defined museum as “a place to see art or historical objects,” you’re not necessarily wrong. But the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has a more specific, official ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Term ‘Museum’ May Be Getting Redefined

One critic of the proposed redefinition says, "It would be hard for most French museums—starting with the Louvre—to correspond to this definition, considering themselves as ‘polyphonic spaces'" Hteink ...