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Resources & Publications

Exhibiting Art Conservation as an Ethical Mandate

In recent years, there has been a shift in the relationship between the museum visitor and the behind-the-scenes workaday efforts of the museum professionals whose labors go mainly unnoticed by the public.

Book Review: Tourists of History

In December 2001, on a trip to New York City, my traveling companions and I visited Ground Zero.

Exhibition Review - RACE: Are We So Different?

A traveling exhbit takes on the enormous task of presenting a dialogue that summarizes the historical, scientific and cultural meanings of the concept of race. How did it do?

Upcoming Events

Defining Museum Ethics Conference

11/15/2008 - 8:45am
11/15/2008 - 5:30pm
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The IME's inaugural conference, Defining Museum Ethics brings together museum theorists, museum professionals, ethicists and legal experts to discuss what we mean by the terms transparency, accountability, and social responsibility.

Spring 2009 - Ethics in Museum Governance and Leadership

This course examines how discourse and transparency can strengthen a museum’s ethical foundations

Fall 2009 - Cultural Property, Heritage, and Museum Ethics

Announcing a new team-taught Museum Ethics course funded by the IMLS

Museum Ethics ListServ

The IME listserv is a forum for discussion on ethics across the spectrum of museum areas, from registration to exhibitions, education to conservation.

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