Institute of Museum Ethics

"The Silent Message of the Museum"

The M.A. Program in Museum Professions and Institute of Museum Ethics at Seton Hall University are pleased to announce a lecture by conceptual artist Fred Wilson on Wednesday, February 3 at 7 pm in Jubilee Hall Auditorium. Wilson’s talk, titled “The Silent Message of the Museum,” is free and open to the public.

IME Special Guest Lecture from the Getty Museum of Art

Ethics Courses in the MA Program in Museum Professions

Cultural Property, Heritage and Museum Ethics

Guest Lecture, Director and Chief Curator, Department of Antiquities, Getty Museum of Art

On November 11, 2009, Karol Wright and Claire Lyons from the Department of Antiquities, Getty Museum of Art, presented a guest lecture in Alex Bauer's course Cultural Property, Heritage and Museum Ethics. The lecture was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Q & A on Museum Ethics

Q: An increasing number of museums are using their websites to demonstrate greater accountability and transparency through such means as identifying works for deaccession, discussing conservation decisions and making strategic plans available. How do you see this trend unfolding? Which are the models and why? What is the present and future impact of this development on museum ethics?

2008 Defining Museum Ethics Conference

The IME's 2008 inaugural conference, Defining Museum Ethics, brought together museum theorists, museum professionals, and ethicists to discuss what we mean by the terms transparency, accountability, and social responsibility.

Keynote Speaker: Richard Sandell, Director and Head of the Department of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.

2008 Defining Museum Ethics Conference Recap

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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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Bibliography

This developing project will be expanded as new texts are reviewed.

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Partners' Corner

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.

Seton Hall University, located in South Orange, NJ, is home to the Institute of Museum Ethics.

Link to the MA program in Museum Professions

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The IME's inaugural conference, Defining Museum Ethics, brought together museum theorists, museum professionals, and ethicists to discuss what we mean by the terms transparency, accountability, and social responsibility.

New Directions in Museum Ethics: An International Conference of Graduate Student Research Information

Read a review of the 2009 Conference from Art Comments

Resources & Publications

Exhibition Review: Party Time: Re-imagine America, Ballantine House, The Newark Museum

Submitted by Lindsay on Mon, 09/28/2009 - 1:07pm.

The Newark Museum commissioned Yinka Shonibare MBE to create Party Time: Re-Imagine America to animate the Ballantine House in new ways as part of the Museum’s Centennial anniversary. The exhibit is loud, fantastic, and fun, breathing new life into what may normally be considered a decorous, but empty room.

Exhibition Review: Red Lines Housing Crisis Learning Center, Queens Museum of Art

Submitted by Lindsay on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 3:01pm.

A review of Red Lines Housing Crisis Learning Center, an exhibition that follows the intricate shaping of today’s housing crisis in the U.S.

Exhibition Review: INTUIT: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago, Illinois

A review of The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago, Illinois, and its representation of works done by the mentally ill, made known to the art world by collectors like French painter Jean Dubuffet.