International Museum Day
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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.
International Council of Museums
The International Council of Museums is an international organization of museums and museum professionals that is committed to the conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world's natural and cultural heritage, present and future, tangible and intangible.- Overview :Created...
(ICOM) defines a specific theme for International Museum Day.
Themes
- 2011 - "Museum and memoryMemoryIn psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing memory....
" - 2010 - "Museums for social harmony"
- 2009 - "Museums and tourismTourismTourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
" - 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 PeoplesIndigenous peoplesIndigenous peoples are ethnic groups that are defined as indigenous according to one of the various definitions of the term, there is no universally accepted definition but most of which carry connotations of being the "original inhabitants" of a territory....
" - 1992 - "Museums and Environment"