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Running a Museum: A Practical Handbook
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The preparation of this book, Running a Museum: A Practical Handbook, came about at the request of
UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq. The need was
felt for an elementary manual that could be used by trainers and trainees in courses on museum subjects, as a
tool for persons already working in museums in Iraq, and as a reference document providing guidance for more
in-depth study of particular aspects. It would also be of interest to laymen in understanding the basic aspects of
running a museum.
However, recognising the usefulness of such a publication throughout the international museum community,
UNESCO decided to broaden its scope and to make it available to all museums in the Arabic-speaking world,
as well as in a simultaneous English edition for wider use.
This publication is another example of ICOM’s direct response to the need to provide professional training
and practical advice wherever it is needed. Indeed, in its almost sixty years of existence ICOM has sought to
promote professional standards of professional training and practice in tandem with collaborative approaches to
work. Today one of the organisation’s stated objectives remains to advance “the sharing of professional knowledge
and museum practice internationally through mutual assistance,” while at the same time actively encouraging
new models for collaboration. ICOM’s key mission after establishing professional and ethical standards for
museum activities is the promotion of training, and the advancement of knowledge. The authors of the twelve
chapters have drawn on their wide range of museum experience and professional expertise while at the same time
aptly representing the diverse and multi-cultural society/ties in which we now live.
I should like to acknowledge with grateful thanks the financial support of the United Nations Development
Group Trust Fund for the production of this book. The invaluable contributions of all the writers working under
the inspired editorship of Patrick J. Boylan, should also be recognized. Finally the staff of ICOM’s programme
sector played a key role in the preparation and coordination of this book. In my view they have together created
an excellent tool for both academic and self-directed learning, one which will support the development of the
museum profession globally for many years to come.
ICOM – International Council of Museums - Organizational Body
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