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ICOM Code of

Ethicsfor Museums



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he corerstoe of ICOM is the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums It sets miimum stdrds of rofessio rcticed erformce for museums d their stff I oii theoristio ICOM memers uderte to ide this Code

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ttus of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums

he ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums hs ee rered the ItertioCouci of Museums It is the sttemet of ethics for museums referred to i theICOM ttutes he Code refects ricies eer cceted the itertiomuseum commuit Memershi i ICOM d the met of the u suscritio to ICOM re ffirmtio of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums

Miimum tdrd for Museums

he ICOM Code reresets miimum stdrd for museums It is reseted s series of ricies suorted uideies for desire rofessio rctice I somecoutries certi miimum stdrds re defied or oermet reutioI others uidce o d ssessmet of miimum rofessio stdrds m eie i the form of ccredittio eistrtio or simir eutie schemeshere such stdrds re ot defied uidce c e otied throuh the ICOMecretrit reet tio Committee of ICOM or the rorite Itertio Committee of ICOM It is so iteded tht idiidu tios d the seciisedsuect oristios coected ith museums shoud use this Code s sis fordeeoi dditio stdrds

rstios of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums

he ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums is uished i the three offici uesof the oristio Eish rech d ish ICOM ecomes the trstio ofthe Code ito other ues oeer trstio i e rerded s officio if it is edorsed t est oe tio Committee of coutr i hich theue is soe orm s the first ue here the ue is soei more th oe coutr it is refere tht the tio Committees of thesecoutries so e cosuted ttetio is dr to the eed for iuistic s e srofessio museum eertise i roidi offici trstios he ue ersio

used for trstio d the mes of the tio Committees ioed shoud eidicted hese coditios do ot restrict trstios of the Code or rts of it foruse i eductio or or for stud uroses



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ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums

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Ei ocumettiohe oeri od shoud esure tht themuseum hs ritte d uished costitutio sttute or other uic documet iccordce ith tio s hichcer sttes the museums e sttusmissio ermece d orofit ture

ttemet of the MissioOecties d oicieshe oeri od shoud rereuicise d e uided sttemet ofthe missio oecties d oicies of themuseum d of the roe d comositioof the oeri od

remiseshe oeri od shoud esuredeute remises ith suiteeiromet for the museum to fufi thesic fuctios defied i its missio

ccesshe oeri od shoud esure tht themuseum d its coectios re ieto duri resoe hours d for reur eriods rticur rerd shoud eie to those ersos ith seci eeds

eth d fethe oeri od shoud esure thtistitutio stdrds of heth sfetd ccessiiit to its ersoed isitors

rotectio ist isstershe oeri od shoud deeo dmiti oicies to rotect the uicd ersoe the coectios d otherresources ist tur d hummde dissters

ecurit euiremetshe oeri od shoud esurerorite securit to rotect coectiosist theft or dme i diss ehii

tios ori or store res d hiei trsit

Isurce d Idemithere commerci isurce is used forcoectios the oeri od shoudesure tht such coer is deute dicudes oects i trsit or o o dother items tht re the resosiiit ofthe museum he idemit schemeis i use it is ecessr tht mteri ot i

the oershi of the museum e deute coered

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ricieMuseums re resosie for the tie d itie tur d cuturherite oeri odies d those cocered ith the strteic directio doersiht of museums he rimr resosiiit to rotect d romote thisherite s e s the hum hsic d fici resources mde ie fortht urose

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udihe oeri od shoud esure tht

there re sufficiet fuds to crr out ddeeo the ctiities of the museum fuds must e ccouted for i rofessio mer

Icomeeerti oiche oeri od shoud he ritteoic rerdi sources of icome tht itm eerte throuh its ctiities or ccet from outside sources erdess offudi source museums shoud miti

cotro of the cotet d iterit of theirrormmes ehiitios d ctiitiesIcomeeerti ctiities shoud otcomromise the stdrds of the istitutioor its uic ee

Emomet oiche oeri od shoud esure tht ctio coceri ersoe is tei ccordce ith the oicies of themuseum s e s the roer d erocedures

oitmet of the irectoror edhe director or hed of the museum is e ost d he mi oitmet oeri odies shoud he rerd for the oede d sis reuiredto fi the ost effectie hese uitiesshoud icude deute iteectu iitd rofessio oede comemeted hih stdrd of ethic coduct

ccess to oeri odieshe director or hed of museum shoude direct resosie d he directccess to the reet oeri odies

Cometece of Museumersoehe emomet of uified ersoeith the eertise reuired to meet resosiiities is ecessr ee so sectio

rii of ersoedeute oortuities for the cotiuieductio d rofessio deeometof museum ersoe shoud e rred to miti effectie orforce

Ethic Coficthe oeri od shoud eer reuiremuseum ersoe to ct i thtcoud e cosidered to cofict ith theroisios of this Code of Ethics or tio or seciist code of ethics

Museum ersoe douteershe oeri od shoud he ritte

oic o outeer or tht romotes ositie retioshi etee outeersd memers of the museum rofessio

outeers d Ethicshe oeri od shoud esure thtouteers he coducti museum derso ctiities re fu coerstith the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museumsd other ice codes d s

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Coectios oiche oeri od for ech museumshoud dot d uish ritte coectios oic tht ddresses the cuisitiocre d use of coectios he oicshoud crif the ositio of mteri

tht i ot e ctoued cosered orehiited ee

id iteo oect or secime shoud e cuired urchse ift o euest oreche uess the cuiri museum isstisfied tht id tite is hed Eideceof fu oershi i coutr is ot ecessri id tite

roece d ueiieceEer effort must e mde efore cuisitio to esure tht oect or secimeoffered for urchse ift o euest oreche hs ot ee ie otiedi or eorted from its coutr of orii or itermedite coutr i hich it mihthe ee oed e icudi themuseums o coutr ue diiece ithis rerd shoud estish the fu histor

of the item sice discoer or roductio

Oects d ecimesfrom uthorised or scietificiedorMuseums shoud ot cuire oectshere there is resoe cuse to eiee their recoer ioed uuthorisedor uscietific fiedor or itetiodestructio or dme of moumetsrcheooic or eooic sites or ofsecies d tur hitts I the sme cuisitio shoud ot occur if therehs ee fiure to discose the fids tothe oer or occuier of the d or tothe roer e or oermet uthorities

Cutur esitie MteriCoectios of hum remis d mte

ri of scred siificce shoud e cuired o if the c e housed secured cred for resectfu his must eccomished i mer cosistet ithrofessio stdrds d the iterestsd eiefs of memers of the commuit ethic or reiious rous from hichthe oects oriited here these reo ee so

MEM MII COECIO O EM I O E EEI O OCIE I EEOME

ricieMuseums he the dut to cuire resere d romote their coectios s cotriutio to sfeurdi the tur cutur d scietific herite heir coectios re siifict uic iheritce he seci ositio i d re rotected itertio eistio Iheret i this uic trust is the otio of sterdshi thticudes rihtfu oershi ermece documettio ccessiiit d resosiedisos

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rotected iooic oreooic ecimesMuseums shoud ot cuire iooicor eooic secimes tht he ee

coected sod or otherise trsferredi cotretio of oc tio reio or itertio or tret retito idife rotectio or tur historcosertio

ii Coectioshe the coectios icude ie oticor oooic secimes seci cosidertio shoud e ie to the tur dsoci eiromet from hich the re

deried s e s oc tioreio or itertio or tretreti to idife rotectio or turhistor cosertio

ori Coectioshe coectios oic m icude secicosidertios for certi tes of ori coectios here the emhsis is oreseri cutur scietific or techicrocess rther th the oect or here

oects or secimes re ssemed forreur hdi d techi urosesee so

cuisitio OutsideCoectios oiche cuisitio of oects or secimesoutside the museums stted oic shoudo e mde i ecetio circumstceshe oeri od shoud cosider therofessio oiios ie to it d

the ies of iterested rties Cosidertio i icude the siificce of theoect or secime icudi its cotet ithe cutur or tur herite d theseci iterests of other museums coecti such mteri oeer ee i thesecircumstces oects ithout id titeshoud ot e cuired ee so

cuisitios Offered Memers of the oeri od

or Museum ersoeeci cre is reuired i cosideri item hether for se s dotio

or s teefit ift from memers ofoeri odies museum ersoe orthe fmiies d cose ssocites of theseersos

eositories of st esortothi i this Code of Ethics shoud reet museum from cti s uthorisedreositor for uroeced iicitcoected or recoered secimes or oectsfrom the territor oer hich it hs furesosiiit

e or Other oers ofisoshere the museum hs e oers ermitti disoss or hs cuired oectssuect to coditios of disos the eor other reuiremets d roceduresmust e comied ith fu here theorii cuisitio s suect to mdtor or other restrictios these coditiosmust e osered uess it c e shocer tht dherece to such restrictios

is imossie or sustti detrimet tothe istitutio d if rorite reiefm e souht throuh e rocedures

eccessioi fromMuseum Coectioshe remo of oect or secimefrom museum coectio must o euderte ith fu uderstdi ofthe siificce of the item its chrcterhether reee or oreeee stdi d oss of uic trusttht miht resut from such ctio

esosiiit foreccessioihe decisio to deccessio shoud e theresosiiit of the oeri od cti i couctio ith the director of themuseum d the curtor of the coectiococered eci rremets m to ori coectios ee

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isos of Oectsemoed from the CoectiosEch museum shoud he oic defii uthorised methods for ermet

remoi oect from the coectiosthrouh dotio trsfer echese retritio or destructio d thtos the trsfer of urestricted tite to receii ec Comete recordsmust e et of deccessioi decisios the oects ioed d the disos of the oect here i e stroresumtio tht deccessioed itemshoud first e offered to other museum

Icome from isos ofCoectiosMuseum coectios re hed i uic trustd m ot e treted s reisesset Moe or comestio receiedfrom the deccessioi d disos ofoects d secimes from museumcoectio shoud e used soe for theeefit of the coectio d usu forcuisitios to tht sme coectio

urchse of eccessioedCoectiosMuseum ersoe the oeri odor their fmiies or cose ssocites shoudot e ermitted to urchse oects ththe ee deccessioed from coectio for hich the re resosie

Coectio Cotiuithe museum shoud estish d oicies to esure tht its coectios othermet d temorr d ssocited iformtio roer recordedre ie for curret use d i essed o to future eertios i sood d sfe coditio s rcticehi rerd to curret oede dresources

eetio of Coectioesosiiitrofessio resosiiities ioi thecre of the coectios shoud e ssied

to ersos ith rorite oeded si or ho re deute suerised ee so

ocumettio ofCoectiosMuseum coectios shoud e documeted ccordi to cceted rofessiostdrds uch documettio shoud icude fu idetifictio d descritioof ech item its ssocitios roececoditio tretmet d reset octiouch dt shoud e et i secure eiromet d e suorted retriesstems roidi ccess to the iform

tio the museum ersoe d othereitimte users

rotectio istisstersCrefu ttetio shoud e ie to thedeeomet of oicies to rotect the coectios duri rmed cofict d otherhummde or tur dissters

ecurit of Coectio d

ssocited the museum shoud eercise cotro tooid discosi sesitie erso orreted iformtio d other cofideti mtters he coectio dt is mdeie to the uic

reetie Cosertioreetie cosertio is imortteemet of museum oic d coectios cre It is esseti resosiiitof memers of the museum rofessio tocrete d miti rotectie eiromet for the coectios i their crehether i store o dis or i trsit

Coectio Cosertiod estortiohe museum shoud crefu moitor thecoditio of coectios to determie he oect or secime m reuire coser

tiorestortio or d the sericesof uified cosertorrestorer herici o shoud e the stiistioof the oect or secime cosertio

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rocedures shoud e documeted d sreersie s ossie d tertiosshoud e cer distiuishe from theorii oect or secime

efre of ie ims museum tht mitis ii imsshoud ssume fu resosiiit for theirheth d eei It shoud rered imemet sfet code for the rotectio of its ersoe d isitors s es of the ims tht hs ee ro

ed eert i the eterir fiedeetic modifictio shoud e ceridetifie

erso se of MuseumCoectiosMuseum ersoe the oeri odtheir fmiies cose ssocites or othersshoud ot e ermitted to eroriteitems from the museum coectios eetemorri for erso use

MEM O IM EIECE O EII EI OEE

Coectios s rimrEidecehe museum coectios oic shoud idicte cer the siificce of coectioss rimr eidece he oic shoud ote oered o curret iteectu

treds or reset museum use

iiit of CoectiosMuseums he rticur resosiiitfor mi coectios d reet iformtio ie s free s ossiehi rerd to restrits risi for resos of cofidetiit d securit

ied CoectiMuseums uderti fied coectishoud deeo oicies cosistet ith

cdemic stdrds d ice tio d itertio s d tretoitios iedor shoud o euderte ith resect d cosidertio for the ies of oc commuitiestheir eiromet resources d cuturrctices s e s efforts to ehce the

cutur d tur herite

Ecetio Coecti ofrimr EideceI ecetio cses item ithout roece m he such iheretoutstdi cotriutio to oedetht it oud e i the uic iterest toresere it he ccetce of such item ito museum coectio shoud ethe suect of decisio seciists i

the disciie cocered d ithout tio or itertio reudice ee so

ricieMuseums he rticur resosiiities to for the cre ccessiiit diterrettio of rimr eidece coected d hed i their coectios

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esercheserch museum ersoe shoudrete to the museums missio d oecties d coform to estished e

ethic d cdemic rctices

estructie sishe destructie tic techiuesre uderte comete record of themteri sed the outcome of thesis d the resuti reserch icudi uictios shoud ecome rt ofthe ermet record of the oect

um emis d

Mteris of cred iificceeserch o hum remis d mterisof scred siificce must e ccomished i mer cosistet ith rofessio stdrds d te ito ccout theiterests d eiefs of the commuit ethicor reiious rous from hom the oectsoriited here these re o eeso

etetio of ihts toeserch Mterishe museum ersoe rere mterifor resettio or to documet fied iestitio there must e cer reemet

ith the sosori museum rerdi rihts to such or

hred Eertise

Memers of the museum rofessio he oitio to shre their oeded eeriece ith coeues schors d studets i reet fieds heshoud resect d coede thosefrom hom the he ered d shoudss o such dcemets i techiuesd eeriece tht m e of eefit toothers

Cooertio etee

Museums d Other IstitutiosMuseum ersoe shoud coeded edorse the eed for cooertiod cosuttio etee istitutios ithsimir iterests d coecti rcticeshis is rticur so ith istitutes ofhiher eductio d certi uic utiitieshere reserch m eerte imorttcoectios for hich there is o otermsecurit



iss Ehiitios deci ctiitiesiss d temorr ehiitios hsic or eectroic shoud e i ccordceith the stted missio oic d uroseof the museum he shoud ot comromiseeither the uit or the roer cre dcosertio of the coectios

Iterrettio of EhiitiosMuseums shoud esure tht the iformtio the reset i diss d ehiitios is efouded ccurte d iesrorite cosidertio to reresetedrous or eiefs

Ehiitio of esitie

Mterisum remis d mteris of scredsiificce must e dised i mer cosistet ith rofessio stdrdsd here o ti ito ccout theiterests d eiefs of memers of thecommuit ethic or reiious rous fromhom the oects oriited he muste reseted ith ret tct d resectfor the feeis of hum diit hed eoes

emo from uic iseuests for remo from uic disof hum remis or mteri of scred siificce from the oriiti commuities

must e ddressed eeditious ith resect d sesitiit euests for the returof such mteri shoud e ddressed simir Museum oicies shoud cer defiethe rocess for resodi to such reuests

is of roeced

MteriMuseums shoud oid disi orotherise usi mteri of uestioeorii or ci roece he shoude re tht such diss or use ce see to codoe d cotriute to theiicit trde i cutur roert

uictioIformtio uished museums hteer mes shoud e efoudedccurte d ie resosie cosidertio to the cdemic disciies societiesor eiefs reseted Museum uictiosshoud ot comromise the stdrds ofthe istitutio

eroductiosMuseums shoud resect the iterit of

the orii he reics reroductiosor coies of items i the coectio remde such coies shoud e ermet mred s fcsimies

ricieMuseums he imortt dut to deeo their eductio roe d ttrctider udieces from the commuit ocit or rou the sere Iterctio iththe costituet commuit d romotio of their herite is iter rt of theeductio roe of the museum

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Idetifictio of Ie orIicit cuired Oectshere museums roide idetifictioserice the shoud ot ct i tht coud e rerded s eefitifrom such ctiit direct or idirecthe idetifictio d uthetictio ofoects tht re eieed or susectedto he ee ie or iicit cuiredtrsferred imorted or eorted shoudot e mde uic uti the roriteuthorities he ee otified

uthetictio d utiorisutios m e mde for the urosesof isurce of museum coectios Oiios o the moetr ue of otheroects shoud o e ie o officireuest from other museums or cometete oermet or other resosieuic uthorities oeer he themuseum itsef m e the eeficir ris of oect or secime must euderte ideedet

MEM O EOCE OIEOOIIE O OE IC EICE EEI

ricieMuseums utiise ide riet of seciisms sis d hsic resources tht he fr roder ictio th i the museum his m ed to shred resources orthe roisio of serices s etesio of the museums ctiities hese shoud eorised i such tht the do ot comromise the museums stted missio

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CooertioMuseums shoud romote the shri ofoede documettio d coectios ith museums d cutur oristios i the coutries d commuitiesof orii he ossiiit of deeoi

rtershis ith museums i coutries orres tht he ost siifict rt oftheir herite shoud e eored

etur of Cutur roertMuseums shoud e rered to iititedioues for the retur of cutur roert to coutr or eoe of oriihis shoud e uderte i imrtimer sed o scietific rofessiod humitri ricies s e s

ice oc tio d itertio eistio i referece to ctio t oermet or oitic ee

estitutio of Cutur roerthe coutr or eoe of orii seesthe restitutio of oect or secimetht c e demostrted to he eeeorted or otherise trsferred i iotio of the ricies of itertio dtio coetios d sho to ert of tht coutrs or eoes cuturor tur herite the museum cocered shoud if e free to do so te

romt d resosie stes to cooerte i its retur

Cutur Oects from Occuied CoutrMuseums shoud sti from urchsi

or cuiri cutur oects from occuied territor d resect fu sd coetios tht reute the imorteort d trsfer of cutur or turmteris

Cotemorr Commuitieshere museum ctiities ioe cotemorr commuit or its heritecuisitios shoud o e mde sedo iformed d mutu coset ithouteoittio of the oer or iformtsesect for the ishes of the commuitioed shoud e rmout

udi of Commuitctiitieshe seei fuds for ctiities ioicotemorr commuities their iterestsshoud ot e comromised ee

MEM O I COE COOIO I ECOMMIIE OM IC EI COECIOOIIE E OE E EE

ricieMuseum coectios refect the cutur d tur herite of the commuities fromhich the he ee deried s such the he chrcter eod tht of ordir roert hich m icude stro ffiities ith tio reio oc ethicreiious or oitic idetit It is imortt therefore tht museum oic is resosie

to this situtio

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se of Coectios fromCotemorr CommuitiesMuseum use of coectios from cotemorr commuities reuires resect for

hum diit d the trditios dcutures tht use such mteri uch coectios shoud e used to romote humeei soci deeomet toerced resect docti mutisocimuticutur d mutiiu eressioee

uorti Oristios ithe CommuitMuseums shoud crete foureeiromet for commuit suort e

rieds of Museums d other suortioristios recoise their cotriutiod romote hrmoious retioshietee the commuit d museum ersoe

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tio d oc eistioMuseums shoud coform to tiod oc s d resect the eistioof other sttes s the ffect their oertio

Itertio eistioMuseum oic shoud coede thefooi itertio eistio tht iste s stdrd i iterreti theICOM Code of Ethics for Museums

Convention for the Protection of CulturalProperty in the Event of Armed Conflicthe ue Coetio irst rotoco d ecod rotoco

Convention on the Means of Prohibiting

and Preventing the Illicit Import, Exportand Transfer of Ownership of CulturalProperty ECO

Convention on International Trade inEndangered Species of Wild Fauna andFlora shito

Convention on Biological Diversity

Convention on Stolen and Illicitly Expor-ted Cultural Objects IOI

Convention on the Protection of the Un-derwater Cultural Heritage ECO

Convention for the Safeguarding of theIntangible Cultural Heritage ECO

ricieMuseums must coform fu to itertio reio tio d oc eistiod tret oitios I dditio the oeri od shoud com ith eidi trusts or coditios reti to sect of the museum its coectios doertios

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miirit ith eeteistioEer memer of the museum rofessioshoud e coerst ith reet itertio tio d oc eistiod the coditios of their emomethe shoud oid situtios tht coud ecostrued s imroer coduct

rofessio esosiiitMemers of the museum rofessio he oitio to foo the oicies drocedures of their emoi istitutiooeer the m roer oect torctices tht re erceied to e dmi to museum to the rofessio or tomtters of rofessio ethics

rofessio Coductot to coeues d to the emoimuseum is imortt rofessio resosiiit d must e sed o eice to fudmet ethic riciesice to the rofessio s hoehese ricies shoud com ith theterms of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums d e re of other codesor oicies reet to museum or

cdemic d cietificesosiiitiesMemers of the museum rofessio shoudromote the iestitio resertiod use of iformtio iheret i coec

tios he shoud therefore refri from ctiit or circumstce tht mihtresut i the oss of such cdemic dscietific dt

he Iicit MretMemers of the museum rofessio shoudot suort the iicit trffic or mret i tur or cutur roert direct or idirect

CofidetiitMemers of the museum rofessio mustrotect cofideti iformtio otiedduri their or I dditio iformtioout items rouht to the museum foridetifictio is cofideti d shoud ote uished or ssed to other istitutio or erso ithout secific uthoristio from the oer

Museum d CoectioecuritIformtio out the securit of the museum or of rite coectios d octios isited duri offici duties must ehed i strict cofidece museum ersoe

Ecetio to the Oitiofor CofidetiitCofidetiit is suect to e oitioto ssist the oice or other roer uthorities i iestiti ossie stoe iicitcuired or ie trsferred roert

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ricieMemers of the museum rofessio shoud osere cceted stdrds d s duhod the diit d hoour of their rofessio he shoud sfeurd the uicist ie or uethic rofessio coduct Eer oortuit shoud e used toiform d educte the uic out the ims uroses d sirtios of the rofessio to deeo etter uic uderstdi of the cotriutios of museums to societ

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erso Ideedecehie memers of rofessio re etitedto mesure of erso ideedecethe must reise tht o rite usiess

or rofessio iterest c e ho serted from their emoi istitutio

rofessio etioshisMemers of the museum rofessio formori retioshis ith umerous otherersos ithi d outside the museum ihich the re emoed he re eected to reder their rofessio serices toothers efficiet d to hih stdrd

rofessio CosuttioIt is rofessio resosiiit to cosutother coeues ithi or outside themuseum he the eertise ie ithe museum is isufficiet to esure ooddecisiomi

ifts ours os or

Other erso eefitsMuseum emoees must ot ccet iftsfours os or other erso eefitstht m e offered to them i coectioith their duties for the museum Occsio rofessio courtes m icude theii d receii of ifts ut this shouds te ce i the me of the istitutio cocered

Outside Emomet orusiess IterestsMemers of the museum rofessio thouh etited to mesure of ersoideedece must reise tht o rite usiess or rofessio iterest ce ho serted from their emoiistitutio he shoud ot uderte otherid emomet or ccet outside commissios tht re i cofict or m eieed s ei i cofict ith the iterests of the museum

ei i tur orCutur eriteMemers of the museum rofessio shoudot rticite direct or idirect i

dei ui or sei for rofit i thetur or cutur herite

Iterctio ith eersMuseum rofessios shoud ot ccet ift hositit or form of rerdfrom deer uctioeer or other erso s iducemet to urchse or disose of museum items or to te or refrifrom ti offici ctio urthermore museum rofessio shoud ot recom

med rticur deer uctioeer orriser to memer of the uic

rite CoectiMemers of the museum rofessio shoudot comete ith their istitutio eitheri the cuisitio of oects or i erso coecti ctiit reemet etee the museum rofessiod the oeri od coceri rite coecti must e formuted d

scruuous fooed

se of the me d ooof ICOMhe me of the oristio its cromor its oo m ot e used to romoteor edorse forrofit oertio orroduct

Other Coficts of Iterest

houd other cofict of iterest deeo etee idiidu d themuseum the iterests of the museumshoud rei

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rishe uthetictio d utio of oect or secime I certi coutries theterm is used for ideedet ssessmetof roosed ift for t eefit uroses

Cofict of iteresthe eistece of erso or rite iterest

tht ies rise to csh of ricie i or situtio thus restricti or hi theerce of restricti the oectiit ofdecisio mi

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see ICOM es o

Cutur erite thi or cocet cosidered of esthetichistoric scietific or siritu siificce

eiui d sei items for erso or

istitutio i

ue diiecehe reuiremet tht eer edeour ismde to estish the fcts of cse eforedecidi course of ctio rticur iidetifi the source d histor of itemoffered for cuisitio or use efore cuiri it

oeri odhe ersos or oristios defied ithe ei eistio of the museum sresosie for its cotiuce strteicdeeomet d fudi

Icomeeerti ctiitiesctiities iteded to ri fici i or

rofit for the eefit of the istitutio

e titee riht to oershi of roert i thecoutr cocered I certi coutries this me coferred riht d isufficiet to meetthe reuiremets of due diiece serch

Miimum tdrd stdrd to hich it is resoe toeect museums d museum ersoeto sire Certi coutries he their osttemets of miimum stdrds

Museum museum is orofit mi ermetistitutio i the serice of societ d ofits deeomet oe to the uic hich

cuires coseres reserches commuictesd ehiits for uroses of stud eductiod eomet the tie d itieeidece of eoe d their eiromet



Museum rofessioMuseum rofessios cosist of the ersoehether id or uid of museumsor istitutios s defied i rtice rs d of the ICOM ttutesho he receied seciised trii orossess euiet rctic eeriecei fied reet to the memet doertios of museum d ideedetersos resecti the ICOM Code

of Ethics for Museums d ori formuseums or istitutios s defied i thettute uoted oe ut ot ersosromoti or dei ith commerci roducts d euimet reuired for museumsd museum serices

tur erite tur thi heomeo or cocetcosidered to e of scietific siificce orto e siritu mifesttio

orofit oristio e estished od cororte oruicororted hose icome icudi surus or rofit is used soe for theeefit of tht od d its oertios heterm otforrofit hs the sme mei

roecehe fu histor d oershi of itemfrom the time of its discoer or cretio tothe reset d throuh hich utheticitd oershi re determied

id titeIdisute riht to oershi of roert

suorted fu roece of the itemsice discoer or roductio

* It should be noted that the terms“museum” and “museum professional” areinterim definitions for use in interpreting theICOM Code of Ethics for Museums. Thedefinitions of “museum” and “professionalmuseum workers” used in the ICOM

Statutes remain in force until the revision ofthat document has been completed.



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