The IME listserv is a forum for discussion on ethics across the spectrum of museum areas, from registration to exhibitions, education to conservation.
This developing project will be expanded as new texts are reviewed.
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
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.
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.
This book is packed with scandal, gossip, and amusing stories from Marcia Tucker's life about finding her place in the museum world, while relaying Tucker’s personal experiences with sexism and anti-Semitism show the dangers of prejudice – both inside and outside of the museum world.
This book explores how protests by Native Americans made museums better places.